Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/12/1987
Commonwealth v. McDonough
Citations
- 511 N.E.2d 551
- 400 Mass. 639
- 1987 Mass. LEXIS 1435
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “evidence based on a chain of statements is admissible only if each out-of-court assertion falls within an exception to the hearsay rule”
- multiple hearsay statements are admissible only if each statement in the chain of statements falls within an exception to the hearsay rule
- § 79 case referring to Wingate
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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Lynch, O'Connor
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42 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-03-06· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. WaiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-05-31· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-08-20· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. ScanlonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-05-15· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-09-04· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. OakesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-03-20· cited 42×
- Van Brode Group, Inc. v. Bowditch & DeweyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-05-20· cited 38×
- McHoulMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-09-08· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. SneedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-10-14· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. CowieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-02-13· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. DionMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-03-29· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. HudsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-03-09· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. RathburnMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-12-28· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. SwainMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-05-02· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. CassidyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-12-16· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. AlcantaraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-06-01· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. JewettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-08-12· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. MazzoneMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-06-27· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. NicholsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-09-27· cited 15×
- O'Brien's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-12-12· cited 14×
Cites
42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Pennsylvania v. RitchieSupreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 2,521×
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-10-07· cited 218×
- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-11-01· cited 209×
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-25· cited 176×
- Commonwealth v. SellonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-25· cited 167×
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-10-13· cited 166×
- Commonwealth v. CundriffMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-16· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. SherryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-07-01· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. DoucetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-03-14· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. BryantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-10· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. BaileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-06-07· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-12-30· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-03-12· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. GauldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-05-06· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. SantoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-05-23· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. DayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-01-11· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-04-09· cited 85×
- Bouchie v. MurrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-10-10· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-12-17· cited 81×
- Wingate v. Emery Air Freight Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-03-02· cited 76×
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