Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/11/2010
Commonwealth v. Medeiros
Citations
- 456 Mass. 52
- 921 N.E.2d 98
- 2010 Mass. LEXIS 27
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- distinguishing verdicts that are \impossible at law\ or that concern crimes that require a \united act\ from other types of inconsistent verdicts
- defendant was convicted of aggravated rape, which included additional \statutory element\ of joint enterprise, and forcible child rape
- Commonwealth must prove beyond reasonable doubt that at least two individuals committed rape to establish joint enterprise
- counsel not ineffective despite failure to 26 seek redaction of medical records that named defendant and contained \sexual assault\ diagnosis where defense was that victim fabricated incident
- evidence in medical record that victim had been raped vaginally but not orally admitted as \an act of discretion\ where counsel failed to subpoena victim's medical records pursuant to G. L. c. 233, §§ 79, 79G
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Cites
27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- United States v. PowellSupreme Court· 1984-12-10· cited 2,102×
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1932-01-11· cited 1,678×
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-31· cited 224×
- Commonwealth v. ZanettiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-08-03· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. ZinserMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-05-25· cited 165×
- Commonwealth v. SherryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-07-01· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. DwyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-12-29· cited 126×
- United States v. Lawrence Edward Crayton, Jr., Also Known as Manny Harris and Alex WintersSixth Circuit· 2004-02-05· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. StuckichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-01-16· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. AdamidesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-09-27· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-03-11· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. CervenyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-08-26· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. HaskinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1880-01-12· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. FrazierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-22· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-08-13· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. BeneschMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-03-06· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. HamiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-12-05· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. ClementsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-02-27· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-08-18· cited 32×
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