Massachusetts Appeals Court· 12/23/1985
Commonwealth v. Key
Citations
- 486 N.E.2d 1139
- 21 Mass. App. Ct. 293
- 1985 Mass. App. LEXIS 2034
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- one incident could not serve as a factor to identify the perpetrator of another where the only similarity between incidents was the location and sexual nature of the offense
- one incident could not serve as a factor to identify the perpetrator of another where the only similarity between incidents was the location and sexual nature of the offense
- reversal of a rape conviction required where the jury were informed that the defendant had been arrested for an alleged crime in the same place within days of the incident at issue
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Judges: Grant, Kaplan, Smith
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. CordleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-04-26· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-12-17· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-05-18· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. McClendonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-08-18· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-04· cited 18×
- Bradley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-02-08· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. BenoitMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-02-12· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. PaytonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-12-06· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-11-09· cited 3×
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. RhoadesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-02-19· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteheadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-30· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. NassarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-07· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. LacyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-11-22· cited 69×
- Alva B. Harper v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1956-11-21· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. DeschampsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1972-12-29· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. YelleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-03-12· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. BarrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-29· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-02-05· cited 6×
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