Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/7/1980
Commonwealth v. Hughes
Citations
- 404 N.E.2d 1246
- 380 Mass. 596
- 1980 Mass. LEXIS 1138
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- charge using moral certainty language not so one-sided as to present a substantial risk of miscarriage of justice
- charge not so one-sided as to present a substantial risk of miscarriage of justice
- charge not so one-sided as to present a substantial risk of miscarriage of justice
- charge not erroneous because the judge “used the heart surgery illustration more to explain the seriousness of the decision than to illustrate the required degree of certainty”
- review under the “substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice” standard
- judge used words “presumption” and “inference” interchangeably
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Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Kaplan, Liacos, Abrams
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30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-03-24· cited 178×
- Commonwealth v. ShelineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-24· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-06· cited 79×
- DeJoinville v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-08-04· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. RembiszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-10· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. ChassonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-03-18· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. AmbersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-06-10· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. ZezimaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-12-20· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-20· cited 40×
- State v. WatsonWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-06-18· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-11-12· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. KenneallyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-07-01· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. McMasterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-03-26· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. DrewnowskiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-05-05· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. PowersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-05-28· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. ChatmanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-07-11· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. KelleherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-09-12· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. LeoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-01-30· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. PorterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-02-17· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. PomerleauMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-07-03· cited 8×
Cites
33 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 3,585×
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
- County Court of Ulster Cty. v. AllenSupreme Court· 1979-06-04· cited 1,990×
- Barnes v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1973-06-18· cited 793×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Hankerson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 586×
- Ivan v. v. City of New YorkSupreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 268×
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 175×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-08· cited 150×
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-22· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. MadeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-03-29· cited 133×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-07-15· cited 131×
- Richard Dunn v. Everett I. Perrin, Jr., Laurence Black v. Edward CoxFirst Circuit· 1978-02-02· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. StokesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-09· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-06-11· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. FergusonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-03-27· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. BumpusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-12-04· cited 79×
- Connolly v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-16· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. FlukerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-01-18· cited 77×
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