Commonwealth v. Kenney

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Because evidence concerning motive to lie bears on credibility, it is admissible as a matter of right, provided there is some basis for the inquiry”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Hartnett
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-08-28· cited 45×
• Adoption of Raissa.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-22· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Tang
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-04-11· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Cathy C.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-09-08· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Murray
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2010-04-12
• Commonwealth v. King
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2005-02-23

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-15· cited 357×
• Commonwealth v. Repoza
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-15· cited 87×
• Commonwealth v. Gabbidon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-07-10· cited 80×
• Commonwealth v. Fordham
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-02-08· cited 72×
• Commonwealth v. Repoza
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-07-23· cited 71×
• Commonwealth v. Silanskas
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-04-13· cited 70×
• Commonwealth v. Lockley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-07-17· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Medina
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-05· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Beldotti
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-03-14· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Crawford
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-03-21· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. White
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-01· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Perry
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-08-02· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. King
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-03-11· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Cardarelli
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-09· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Chubbuck
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-12-16· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Crawford
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-01-28· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Molino
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-11-04· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-11-12· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Mendrala
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-07-19· cited 26×