Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/17/2015
Commonwealth v. Kostka
Citations
- 471 Mass. 656
- 31 N.E.3d 1116
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- Commonwealth failed to show that testing of third party's DNA would lead to relevant evidence where there was no indication that defendant planned to present third-party culprit defense, but \calculus would be different\ if defendant later sought to present such a defense
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Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk
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- Commonwealth v. Silva-SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-05-15· cited 137×
- Commonwealth v. CurninMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-24· cited 124×
- Green v. RichmondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-11-10· cited 116×
- Commonwealth v. BarbosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-09-07· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. MatteiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-02-01· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. JoynerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-02-14· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-08-07· cited 34×
- In the Matter of LavigneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-11-16· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. DixonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-12-09· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. TassoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-06-16· cited 20×
- Doe v. SenechalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-20· cited 17×
- JansenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-04-25· cited 15×
- State v. RegisterSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1992-07-06· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. MaxwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-05-25· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. DraheimMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-06-27· cited 10×
- Lenardis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-08-05· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. CaceresMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-06-16· cited 4×
- United States v. NobleD. Maine· 2006-06-13· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. KostkaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-07-25· cited 1×
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