Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/24/1978
Commonwealth v. King
Citations
- 373 N.E.2d 208
- 374 Mass. 501
- 1978 Mass. LEXIS 867
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Although the defendant apparently first set upon [the victim], what followed was not a one-sided beating”
- trivial argument escalated into deadly brawl where the knife used was present fortuitously
- “The knife wounds themselves look like the consequences of an untoward, foolish introduction of a dangerous weapon in a fight not otherwise at a lethal pitch.”
- knife wounds indicative of “untoward, foolish introduction of a dangerous weapon”
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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Braucher, Kaplan, Abrams
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28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-03-14· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. WoodwardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-06-16· cited 111×
- Commonwealth v. GauldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-05-06· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. GilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-11-06· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. SamaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-12-05· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. GarabedianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-02-25· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. PodlaskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-02-21· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. RolonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-03-13· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-08· cited 56×
- Lattimore v. DuboisFirst Circuit· 2002-11-14· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. KeoughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-02-19· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-11-10· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. CobbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. DaltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-02-02· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. LattimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-12-23· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. DinkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-07-08· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. AlmonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-11-10· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. MaldonadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-07-07· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. WhippleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-03· cited 12×
Cites
19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. VanderpoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-14· cited 122×
- Commonwealth v. McInerneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-28· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-12-14· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-05-13· cited 90×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-10-03· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. SeitMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-19· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-01-30· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. NordstromMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-11-16· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. McCauleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-04-07· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. RansomMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-01-28· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-02-10· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. RegoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-11-05· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. CorcioneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-02-15· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. ApplebyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-12-16· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. StirlingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-08· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-01-03· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. KinneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-05-01· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. BowmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-12-01· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. StillwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-12· cited 13×
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