Massachusetts Appeals Court· 11/5/2009
Commonwealth v. Harris
Citations
- 75 Mass. App. Ct. 696
- 916 N.E.2d 396
- 2009 Mass. App. LEXIS 1364
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- including among circumstantial evidence that weighed in favor of finding that substance was cocaine the fact that “canine used in the search made a positive hit, which directly led the officers to the cocaine”
- error harmless beyond a reasonable doubt where, among other evidence, defendant had signed statement admitting substance was cocaine
- “A substance can be identified as a controlled drug . . . through the testimony of experienced police officers”
- wherein the defendant’s second statement was motivated by the defendant’s desire to exonerate his cousin
- defendant signed a statement that the substance was cocaine, an experienced officer weighed the cocaine and testified to its nature, and a police dog made a positive identification
- passage of two hours and involvement of different police personnel broke sequence of events
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Judges: Cypher, Milkey
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Cites
31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
- Melendez-Diaz v. MassachusettsSupreme Court· 2009-06-25· cited 2,882×
- Oregon v. ElstadSupreme Court· 1985-03-04· cited 2,824×
- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1923-06-20· cited 239×
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-02-12· cited 232×
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-10-07· cited 218×
- Commonwealth v. ConnollyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-09-17· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. LarkinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-04-16· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. PraterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-15· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. LeahyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-12-09· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. DawsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-16· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-06-10· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. DagleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-10-26· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. EspadaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-02-20· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-05-12· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. KeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-07-20· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. FernandesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-12-30· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. BelandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-03-12· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. ScogginsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-06-18· cited 38×
- Bynum v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-06-16· cited 35×
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