Massachusetts Appeals Court· 6/3/1994
Commonwealth v. Matos
Citations
- 36 Mass. App. Ct. 958
- 634 N.E.2d 138
- 1994 Mass. App. LEXIS 1238
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that “the defendant does not have an absolute right to make tactical decisions that determine which theories of criminal liability are submitted to the jury”
- stating that \the defendant does not have an absolute right to make tactical decisions that determine which theories of criminal liability are submitted to the jury\
- defendant does not have absolute right to make tactical decisions that determine which theories of criminal liability are submitted to jury
- no prejudice where jury instructed, over defendant’s objection, on involuntary manslaughter and defendant convicted of murder in the second degree
- defendant does not have absolute right to make tactical decisions that determine which theories of criminal liability are submitted to jury
- “contention that a defendant has an absolute right to make tactical decisions that determine which theories of criminal liability are submitted to the jury is erroneous”
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Cited by
4 cases in this archive cite this case.
Cites
26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. YesilcimanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-02-22· cited 194×
- Commonwealth v. GreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-19· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. Colon-CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-11-13· cited 136×
- Commonwealth v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-04-07· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-18· cited 111×
- Commonwealth v. RhoadesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-02-19· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. OwensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-03-12· cited 84×
- Commonwealth v. MedeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-07-09· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. NadwornyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-12-11· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. PopeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-02-08· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. LoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-09· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. CameronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-03-29· cited 66×
- Lannon v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-02-08· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-05-23· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. MartinezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-01-07· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-04-25· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. CarverMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-10-06· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-01-08· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. BeginMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-03-06· cited 16×
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