Massachusetts Appeals Court· 10/26/2009
Commonwealth v. Johnson
Citations
- 75 Mass. App. Ct. 903
- 915 N.E.2d 277
- 2009 Mass. App. LEXIS 1293
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- rejecting a “rigid application” of the rule that the less serious charge is to be dismissed in the event of duplication; remanding the issue to the Superior Court for the parties to present “their arguments concerning the proper disposition of the case”
- “The Commonwealth retains the authority to make the determination in the first instance of the offense with which a person in the defendant’s circumstance should be charged”
- Commonwealth retains authority to make 5 determination regarding charging decisions
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Judges: Brown
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4 cases in this archive cite this case.
Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-30· cited 202×
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-17· cited 183×
- Commonwealth v. SherryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-07-01· cited 139×
- Kuklis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-03-03· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. VickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-07-30· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. BrandanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-04-20· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. D'AmourMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-01-27· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. OwensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-03-12· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. DevlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1957-03-20· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. ValliereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-07-25· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. MahoneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1954-06-18· cited 45×
- Bynum v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-06-16· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. ArriagaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-03-10· cited 34×
- Theodore Green v. United StatesFirst Circuit· 1960-01-20· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. Ogden O.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-04-17· cited 30×
- Garabedian v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1957-05-29· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-02-27· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. HoilettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-11-16· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. ShumanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-01-27· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. PowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-03-03· cited 14×
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