Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/19/2017
Commonwealth v. Holland
Citations
- 476 Mass. 801
- 73 N.E.3d 276
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- affirming a determination of competency when at the competency hearing the doctor noted that the defendant’s “outbursts [and] bouts of uncooperativeness with attorneys . . . make him a 36 problematic defendant, but not an incompetent one” (alteration omitted)
- \[We] make every effort ... to eliminate the distorting effects of hindsight\ in evaluating whether decision is manifestly unreasonable [quotation and citation omitted]
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Judges: Gants, Lenk, Hines, Gaziano, Lowy
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Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-15· cited 357×
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-20· cited 140×
- Commonwealth v. KolenovicMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-06-23· cited 137×
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-03-14· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-08-20· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. PillaiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-09-14· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-01-06· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. MontezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-02-28· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. HaleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-05-03· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-08-15· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. LaChanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-10-21· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. RoberioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-10-26· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. SprayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-03-13· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. CandelarioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-06-05· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. PennMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-09-09· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. CompanonioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-08-30· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. DraytonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-10-01· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. RoberioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-10-21· cited 24×
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