Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/1/1889
Commonwealth v. Hart
Citations
- 149 Mass. 7
- 20 N.E. 310
- 1889 Mass. LEXIS 100
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- only the prosecutor has authority to refuse to prosecute a case on behalf of the Commonwealth
- “‘[a] court is not a prosecuting officer, and does not act as the attorney for the commonwealth’”
- ‘“Only an attorney authorized by the Commonwealth to represent it has authority to declare that he will not further prosecute a case in behalf of the Commonwealth. A court is not a prosecuting officer . . .”
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Judges: Allen
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35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Crist v. BretzSupreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 1,095×
- Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1923-06-20· cited 239×
- Ward v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-04-07· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. BrandanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-04-20· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-01· cited 67×
- Clawans v. RivesD.C. Circuit· 1939-03-20· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. MichelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-04· cited 43×
- Rosser v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1933-01-12· cited 42×
- Hooper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-03-24· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. ClemmonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-05-13· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. PellegriniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-02-26· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. CheneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-12-15· cited 24×
- Moore v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-03-20· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. RiceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1914-02-24· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. LowderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-07-10· cited 18×
- People v. StewartMichigan Court of Appeals· 1974-04-22· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. DietrichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-04· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. MassodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-03· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-02-29· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. MicheliMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1927-01-03· cited 13×
Cites
3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
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