Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/18/2007
Commonwealth v. Hines
Citations
- 449 Mass. 183
- 866 N.E.2d 406
- 2007 Mass. LEXIS 363
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- rejecting contention that statute imposes mandatory minimum prison sentence of five years in absence of word \mandatory\
- remanding for resentencing because \[t]he absence of the word 'mandatory' in the relevant language . . . of § 18B . . . leads us to reject the Commonwealth's contention that the statute requires a mandatory minimum State prison sentence of five years\
- requirement of “[s]ome nexus” between the firearm and the felony in terms of “proximity and logical relation”
- applicable only in situations where criminal statutes do not prescribe penalty expressed in terms of a range and so conflict with the requirements of G. L. c. 279, § 24
- “[d]rug offenses frequently involve drug dealers being armed and ... in many cases, shootings and killings occur when a drug dealer is confronted by police, when a drug deal goes ‘bad,’ or when others try to steal the drugs”
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Judges: Greaney
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-04-02· cited 70×
- Wright v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-05-04· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. LindseyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-08-29· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. SemegenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-08-29· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-05-28· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. ZapataMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-12-23· cited 2×
- COMMONWEALTH v. SHAUN HARRISON.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-10-12· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. GoldingMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-07-23· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-22· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-03-23
- Commonwealth v. Warrens GelinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-10-15
- Commonwealth v. Rainer Mora-PolancoMassachusetts Superior Court· 2023-05-12
- Commonwealth v. Rainer Mora-PolancoMassachusetts Superior Court· 2023-06-14
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Bailey v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1995-12-06· cited 3,526×
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. DelgadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-18· cited 188×
- United States v. Allen Lawrence, Jr.Sixth Circuit· 2002-10-28· cited 110×
- United States v. Wahl, DonellD.C. Circuit· 2002-05-17· cited 107×
- United States v. Gaston, JamesD.C. Circuit· 2004-02-13· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. ClermyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-11-10· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-06-21· cited 52×
- United States v. GraceFirst Circuit· 2004-05-07· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. LightfootMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-04-23· cited 45×
- United States v. Lawrence StevensSeventh Circuit· 2004-09-23· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. MarroneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-12-07· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. BerteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-01-08· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. HawkinsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-03-28· cited 8×
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