Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/14/2009
Commonwealth v. Little
Citations
- 453 Mass. 766
- 906 N.E.2d 286
- 2009 Mass. LEXIS 76
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- admission of defendant's prior conviction of crime substantially similar to one for which he was being tried created risk that jury would convict based on propensity
- \[A] [n]arcotics investigator[ ] may testify as [an] expert[ ] ... [and] testify that in his opinion the amount of [drugs] possessed by the defendant was not consistent with personal use but was consistent with an intent to distribute\ [quotations omitted]
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Judges: Cordy, Spina
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- Commonwealth v. DancyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-09-02· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. Ilya I., a juvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-02-13· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. HamiltonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-03-13· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. OlmandeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-09-12· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-09-10· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. HorneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-01-10· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-04-17· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. MaderaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-01-22· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. Melendez-DiazMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-02-03· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. MunozMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-12-15· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-06-04· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-07-29· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. GastonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-10-31· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. AlmeleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-03-27· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. PimentelMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-02-03· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. SutherlandMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-03-19· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. SepheusMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-11-21· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. ChildsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-09-20
- Commonwealth v. RenziMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-10-16
Cites
40 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Luce v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1984-12-10· cited 2,427×
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. LaniganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-11-18· cited 289×
- Simon v. SolomonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-18· cited 264×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-04-05· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-06-10· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-11-05· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. DayeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-29· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. WheltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-17· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. DiMarzoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-02-28· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. MaguireMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-07-12· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-03-04· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. DrumgoldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-07-18· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. FrancisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-09-08· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. FanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-06-16· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-20· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. PauldingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-10-24· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-05-27· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-12-17· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. LenoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-29· cited 38×
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