Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/7/1985
Commonwealth v. Lee
Citations
- 475 N.E.2d 363
- 394 Mass. 209
- 1985 Mass. LEXIS 1377
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- defendant has burden of showing that waiver of counsel was ineffective because not intelligently made
- where competent counsel is made available to defendant, refusal to accept such representation is voluntary waiver of right to counsel
- “defendant must establish that his waiver of counsel was ineffective because it was not intelligently made”
- defendant’s legal sophistication contributed to conclusion that waiver of counsel was knowing and voluntary
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, O'Connor
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35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. BarnesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-10· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. MeansMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-06-12· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-08-12· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-08-14· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. ConefreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-06· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. PenaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-05-09· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-07-11· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. YelleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-03-12· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-03-09· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. WeichelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-08-01· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. DahlMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-18· cited 21×
- Campiti v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-04-08· cited 18×
- Bridgeman v. District Attorney for the Suffolk DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-05-18· cited 18×
- State v. MerrillSupreme Court of Vermont· 1990-11-30· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. StovallMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-10-03· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. PamplonaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-05-30· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. BurbankMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-03-08· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. HigginsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-02-25· cited 13×
- Adoption of OliviaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-01-28· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. JordanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-08-10· cited 12×
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 8,419×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Ronald Maynard v. Larry MeachumFirst Circuit· 1976-11-19· cited 213×
- Don Garriga Chapman v. United StatesFifth Circuit· 1977-06-08· cited 191×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-12· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. SwensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-06-30· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. NiziolekMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-02· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. ApplebyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-06-08· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-04-08· cited 38×
- WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-02· cited 31×
- Lamoureux v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-01-31· cited 27×
- Doescher v. EstelleN.D. Texas· 1978-08-10· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-12-09· cited 18×
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