Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/12/1994
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Citations
- 631 N.E.2d 1002
- 417 Mass. 498
- 1994 Mass. LEXIS 205
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Unlike the Sixth Amendment, however, art. 12 contains an indispensable element of face-to-face confrontation of witnesses appearing at trial”
- “A violation of the art. 12 right to confront witnesses face to face may be subject to harmless error analysis”
- “the right to confrontation . . . may yield in appropriate, although limited, circumstances”
- judge may modify certain procedures “which are consistent with the constitutional rights of the accused and also decrease the stress and trauma that a child witness may suffer”
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Judges: Liacos, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor, Greaney
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19 cases in this archive cite this case.
- People v. GonzalesCalifornia Supreme Court· 2012-08-02· cited 254×
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-03-24· cited 178×
- State v. FosterWashington Supreme Court· 1998-06-11· cited 113×
- Adoption of QuentinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-05-13· cited 109×
- DonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-09-26· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. Colin C.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-11-28· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. LynchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-06-12· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. PareMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-10-02· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. SpearMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-10-06· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. SanchezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-09-24· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. CaldwellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-05-31· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. KirkMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-09-07· cited 13×
- Adoption of RoniMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-09-20· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. SouzaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-02-02· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. Jean-LouisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-11-27· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. LeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-11-12
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Superior Court· 1995-08-29
- Commonwealth v. KartellMassachusetts Superior Court· 2005-10-25
- Roberson v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware· 2026-04-09
Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court· 1965-03-08· cited 3,183×
- Maryland v. CraigSupreme Court· 1990-06-27· cited 2,040×
- Coy v. IowaSupreme Court· 1988-06-29· cited 1,295×
- Commonwealth v. DockhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-08-21· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. SinnottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-05-13· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. BergstromMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-06-13· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. ScanlonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-05-15· cited 58×
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1955-05-13· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-11-30· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. ConefreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-06· cited 35×
- Town of Mount Washington v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-10-11· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. KaterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-03-04· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-08-08· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. TuftsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-08-21· cited 7×
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-05-02· cited 7×
- State v. PetersSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1991-01-28· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. PtomeyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-10-17· cited 6×
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