Massachusetts Appeals Court· 10/27/1998
Commonwealth v. Jackson
Citations
- 45 Mass. App. Ct. 666
- 700 N.E.2d 848
- 1998 Mass. App. LEXIS 1125
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a CWOF did not fall within the definition of an impeachable “conviction” under G.L.c. 233, §21 when the statute defined conviction as a “plea of guilty or a finding or verdict of guilty”
- admission to sufficient facts followed by continuance without finding is not “conviction” for purposes of statute allowing impeachment by prior convictions
- permissible for police officer qualified as an expert to offer an “explanation of the modus operandi employed in transacting drug sales” but not a “description of a characteristic of drug buyers”
- officer’s expert opinion that drug buyers commonly refuse to identify their supplier was inadmissible description of characteristic of drug buyers rather than explanation of modus operandi employed in transacting drug sales
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Judges: Perretta
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. VillalobosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-10-18· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-16· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. FriasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-07-15· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. MorrisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-09-14· cited 15×
- Burns v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-12-14· cited 12×
- Fire Chief of East Bridgewater v. Plymouth County Retirement BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-06-03· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. SaundersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-02-14· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-07-30· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. BartosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-04-09· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. BerriosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-11-19· cited 4×
- Cowart v. Elias (In re Elias)D. Massachusetts· 2013-07-03· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. BergquistMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-02-23· cited 2×
- Channing v. Registry of Motor VehiclesMassachusetts Superior Court· 2013-12-02
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. DuquetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-07-23· cited 109×
- Commonwealth v. MontaninoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-03-11· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. IanelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-12-09· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. DayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-04-09· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. PylesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-11-08· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. GoetzendannerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-05-20· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. RosadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-23· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. RocheMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-03-06· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. DennisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-12-07· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. NorrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-11-08· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. GomesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-03-08· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. KinesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-10-24· cited 10×
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