Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/11/1994
Commonwealth v. Kelly
Citations
- 629 N.E.2d 999
- 417 Mass. 266
- 1994 Mass. LEXIS 96
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- where improper argument went to police credibility, the crux of the case, new trial was necessary
- argument must be limited \to the evidence and fair inferences that can be drawn from the evidence.\
- a charitable organization whose conduct was incidental to it primaiy purpose does not act in a business context and therefore cannot be held liable under c. 93A
- in a case “close ... on the facts,” the prosecutor supported police witnesses by not only stating evidence not in the record but also improperly suggesting that the defendant had an obligation to produce evidence, and request for particularized curative instructions was ignored
- arguments must be limited to evidence and fair inferences
- curative instructions should be focused on the error
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Judges: Wilkins, Abrams, O'Connor, Greanby
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40 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. DelaneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-28· cited 102×
- Dagley v. RussoFirst Circuit· 2008-08-15· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. LyonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-01-14· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. BeaudryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-12-20· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. CorenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-09-10· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. DagleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-10-26· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. ArroyoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-06-25· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. CarriereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-10-28· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. PearceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-06-11· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. OdwareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-03-18· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. DonovanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-03-29· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. ColeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-12-18· cited 32×
- Santos v. Chrysler Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-08-25· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. RaposaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-01-15· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. VazquezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-12-19· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. HardyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-09· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. FredetteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-10-11· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. AlvarezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-08-22· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. McCaffreyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-06-01· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. LugoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-03-18· cited 16×
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-24· cited 348×
- Commonwealth v. ShelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-02-23· cited 115×
- Commonwealth v. CancelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-17· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. BourgeoisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-16· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. HoppinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-08-02· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. CifizzariMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-05-14· cited 43×
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