Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/8/1987
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Citations
- 502 N.E.2d 506
- 399 Mass. 14
- 1987 Mass. LEXIS 1104
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- instruction “that ‘even if [the jury] found that the killing had been committed during the commission of a felony punishable by life imprisonment, they might return a verdict of either murder in the first degree or murder in the second degree’ is erroneous”
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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, Lynch
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. VinnieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-08-12· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. ClaudioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-06-14· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. EaglesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-04-04· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. PauldingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-10-24· cited 47×
- Lewis H. Dickerson v. Arthur LatessaFirst Circuit· 1989-04-25· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-12-13· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. GriceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-08· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. BermentMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-12-08· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. OlsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-07-28· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. PatonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-10-07· cited 10×
- Dickerson v. LatessaD. Massachusetts· 1988-05-31· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. HuertasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-05-24· cited 2×
- Paulding v. AllenD. Massachusetts· 2004-02-13· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. RothMassachusetts Superior Court· 2001-01-04
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-11-01· cited 163×
- Murch v. MottramSupreme Court· 1972-11-06· cited 152×
- Commonwealth v. DickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-06-20· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-14· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. PisaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-13· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. FernetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-11-26· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-11-06· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. StoutMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-06-23· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-08-07· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. MarleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-12-19· cited 32×
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