Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/7/1988
Commonwealth v. Leonard
Citations
- 517 N.E.2d 157
- 401 Mass. 470
- 1988 Mass. LEXIS 6
How courts have described this case
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- holding no independent evidence that a crime was committed where the proffered evidence was “ambiguous and speculative”
- at scene, defendant and his wife were observed struggling over keys; at trial, defendant’s estranged wife testified that she was driving
- defendant’s admission to being driver needed corroboration where he and his wife were fighting over keys and she also claimed to have been driver
- defendant’s statements fell “short of being a confession of all the elements of guilt but [were] admissions pertaining to the only contested issue”
- corroboration rule also applies to admissions that \fall short of being a confession of all the elements of guilt\
- defendant’s demand that his wife “give . . . back” keys and presence of wife’s cigarettes on passenger side of car insufficient to corroborate defendant’s confession of operation
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Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor
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25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. SineiroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-12-01· cited 51×
- State v. WeisserNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2006-12-22· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. MelendezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-03-19· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. CostelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-12-10· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. O'ConnorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-19· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. MorseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-06-13· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-11-09· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. LavendierMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-05-12· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. McNelleyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-05-23· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. CiminoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-04-28· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. ManningMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-08-05· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-09-04· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. BeltrandiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-03-14· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. TowersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-12-01· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. HubbardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-06-04· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. GreenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-09-11· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. SimonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-01-15· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. BoothbyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-09-21· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-12-03· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-04-16
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