Massachusetts Appeals Court· 8/18/1995
Commonwealth v. McClendon
Citations
- 39 Mass. App. Ct. 122
- 653 N.E.2d 1138
- 1995 Mass. App. LEXIS 543
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- court held that it was improper to cross-examine defendant on prior bad acts that were otherwise inadmissible
- “A judge must instruct on defense of another where the evidence viewed in a light most favorable to the defendant supports the theory”
- cross-examination of the defendant portraying him as a violent, aggressive drunk who tended to commit unprovoked attacks when under the influence of alcohol was improper and unfairly prejudicial
- theory that accused’s bad act of attempted strangulation of stepmother was similar to or linked with charged murder of his male companion not adequately developed beyond evidence accused drank before both incidents and both supposedly were unprovoked
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Judges: Warner
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17 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. OkoroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-03-23· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. CyrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-05-27· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-04-07· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-01-28· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. PaganoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-06-03· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. PichardoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-08-13· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. JacobsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-07-10· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-06-04· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. HaggettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-03-29· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. KivlehanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-04-16· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. SianoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-09-24· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. GreenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-07-05· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-02-01· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-06-21· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. BourgaultMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-12-08
- Commonwealth v. RestoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-04-20
- Commonwealth v. DavilaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-20
Cites
39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Commonwealth v. HelfantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-08-13· cited 274×
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-02-03· cited 152×
- Commonwealth v. MontecalvoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-02-21· cited 108×
- United States v. German Hernandez-MirandaNinth Circuit· 1979-08-07· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1882-01-04· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. AndrewsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-11-29· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. CordleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-03-11· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. BaschMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-28· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. MakarewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-02-15· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. TriplettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-11-18· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-02-02· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. CancelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-17· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. RobertsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-12-04· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. CordleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-04-26· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. RuciMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-14· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-12-17· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. KeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-06-27· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-10-07· cited 40×
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