Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2/24/1983
Commonwealth v. McFarland
Citations
- 15 Mass. App. Ct. 948
- 445 N.E.2d 1085
- 1983 Mass. App. LEXIS 1231
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- prosecutor argued that the judge had no discretion; judge stated that he was “bound” by the statute
- reversal where judge erroneously believed he had no discretion but to admit defendant’s prior convictions, rejecting speculative argument that exercise of discretion would have led to their admission
- erroneous assumption that statute was imperative
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Cited by
11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-03-24· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. RamosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-04-19· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. KnightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-06-15· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. GuilfoyleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-12-05· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-05-30· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. RuizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-06-08· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. PrestonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-02-21· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. RuizMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-06-03· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. KnightMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-09-19· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-09-02· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. ReidMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-10-01· cited 3×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Long v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-03-02· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. ChaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-06-10· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-03-04· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. TaborMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-13· cited 59×
- Peterson v. CadoganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-01-27· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. LenoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-29· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. EdgerlyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-05-21· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. FillippiniMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1973-12-14· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. CavanaughMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-02-13· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. McTigueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-12-21· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. JakimenkoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-09-22· cited 3×
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