Commonwealth v. Lugo

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• upholding mandatory life sentence with possibility of parole after fifteen years for juvenile convicted of murder in second degree.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lavalley v. Quebecor World Book Services LLC.
  D. Massachusetts· 2004-04-30· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Garcia
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-06-07· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Lepage
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-05-17
• Commonwealth v. James Andrews
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2025-06-16

Cites

44 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Miller v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-25· cited 6,816×
• Commonwealth v. Randolph
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-12-19· cited 273×
• Commonwealth v. Curtis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-05-02· cited 160×
• Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-12-24· cited 159×
• Commonwealth v. Walden
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-30· cited 157×
• Commonwealth v. Jones-Pannell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-08-14· cited 141×
• Commonwealth v. Acevedo
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-04-04· cited 139×
• Commonwealth v. Groome
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-10-05· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Woodward
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-06-16· cited 111×
• Commonwealth v. Augustine
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-02-18· cited 89×
• Commonwealth v. Soaris
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1931-04-06· cited 83×
• Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District Commonwealth v. Roberio
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-03-23· cited 74×
• Commonwealth v. Palmariello
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-06-01· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Braley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-06-12· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Parker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-08· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Parker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-05-09· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Nichypor
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-12-20· cited 52×
• Commonwealth v. Lucien
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-01-12· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-02-12· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Figueroa
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-05-19· cited 44×