Commonwealth v. Hall

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• conviction of murder in the second degree based on withholding of food and liquids
• conviction of murder in the second degree based on withholding of food and liquids
• mother convicted of murder in second degree for withholding food and liquids from child
• intentional withholding of infant’s food constituted murder in the second degree
• “ ‘In legal contemplation, a[n] [illegitimate child] is generally considered as the relative of no one. But, to provide for his support and education, the mother has a right to the custody and control of him, and is bound to maintain him, as his natural guardian.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Cruzan Ex Rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-25· cited 946×
• Commonwealth v. Gallison
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-06-03· cited 118×
• State v. Zobel
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1965-04-05· cited 67×
• Commonwealth v. MacKenzie
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-09-22· cited 56×
• People v. Burden
  California Court of Appeal· 1977-08-10· cited 54×
• Gubernat v. Deremer
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1995-05-11· cited 50×
• State v. Shephard
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1963-11-12· cited 46×
• Adoption of a Minor
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-12-08· cited 42×
• Secretary of the Commonwealth v. City Clerk of Lowell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-08-04· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Twitchell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-08-11· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Coggins
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-07-21· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Raposo
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-21· cited 32×
• Biddle v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1965-04-26· cited 26×
• Delligatti v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2025-03-21· cited 26×
• People v. Lynch
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1973-05-10· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Pugh
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-06-15· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Fickling
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-04-20· cited 22×
• Simpkins v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-10-03· cited 18×
• State v. Nicholson
  Utah Supreme Court· 1978-09-21· cited 15×
• Vivori v. Fourth District Court of Berkshire
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1948-11-02· cited 10×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Purinton v. Jamrock
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1907-04-02· cited 87×
• Inhabitants of Somerset v. Inhabitants of Dighton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1815-07-15· cited 48×
• State v. Noakes
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1897-05-15· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Venuti
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-12-27· cited 29×
• Wright v. Wright
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1806-09-15· cited 26×
• Gibson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1899-04-12· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Callaghan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1916-03-01· cited 17×
• State v. Barnes
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1919-04-15· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Cole
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1809-10-15· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Kavalauskas
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1945-01-02· cited 8×