Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/6/1998
Commonwealth v. Hardy
Citations
- 427 Mass. 379
- 693 N.E.2d 1365
- 1998 Mass. LEXIS 183
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- approving of colloquy in which court informed defendant of his “constitutional right to have a jury trial”
- judge's discussion of jury and bench 8 trials, waiver, and defendant's demeanor and responses sufficient evidence for judge's conclusion that waiver was \voluntary and intelligent\
- “[N]o rigid pattern . . . must invariably be followed in conducting a colloquy before accepting a waiver of the right to trial by jury.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
- certain procedures essential to valid waiver of right to trial by jury
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Judges: Lynch
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. GoreSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-09-23· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. HendricksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-07-31· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. EdwardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-09-02· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. MendoncaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-01-08· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. SantosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-11-14· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. OnouhaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-12-22· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. BerteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-01-08· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. ChaplinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-11-01· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-09-11· cited 3×
- Hunter Hedrick v. State of AlaskaCourt of Appeals of Alaska· 2020-09-04· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. CroninMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-10-24
- Commonwealth v. RobersonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2024-03-07
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Ciummei v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-07-25· cited 115×
- Commonwealth v. RussinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-09· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. PavaoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-11-18· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-10· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. DeMinicoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-08-08· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-04-27· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. SchofieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-09· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. AbreuMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-09· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. SchofieldMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-06-22· cited 9×
- Creed v. KeyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1945-09-11· cited 3×
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