Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/6/1987
Commonwealth v. McGowan
Citations
- 510 N.E.2d 239
- 400 Mass. 385
- 1987 Mass. LEXIS 1395
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- viewing with skepticism \the assertion that a prosecutor has an obligation in every case to give a potential defendant's version of the events to a grand jury\
- no showing of fundamental unfairness where Commonwealth failed to provide defendant’s version of events to grand jury
- no discretion to exclude prior inconsistent statement \directly related\ to \central issue in the case\
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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Lynch, O'Connor
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. AugusteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-12-30· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. AccettaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-05-13· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-01-22· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. BeauregardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-04-07· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. PetrasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-10-17· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. MimlessMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-01-09· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-12-07· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-09-24
- Commonwealth v. NiemicMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-11-19
- Commonwealth v. SpencerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-12-20
- Commonwealth v. KerriganMassachusetts Superior Court· 2011-01-20
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- United States v. GoodwinSupreme Court· 1982-06-18· cited 1,581×
- Thigpen v. RobertsSupreme Court· 1984-06-27· cited 173×
- Commonwealth v. ConnorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-08-21· cited 138×
- Commonwealth v. MayfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-11-25· cited 123×
- Commonwealth v. BaschMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-28· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. McGaheeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-01-24· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. HeskethMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-05-06· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. JasminMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-01-30· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-02-22· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. BalliroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-03-24· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. ApalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-12-09· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. HoganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-06-14· cited 2×
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