Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/9/2009
Commonwealth v. Morales
Citations
- 453 Mass. 40
- 899 N.E.2d 96
- 2009 Mass. LEXIS 8
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- declining to overrule Commonwealth v. DePace, supra, and stating that form of indictment does not offend Apprendi
- counsel who interviewed the witness and made a decision not to call him because counsel found him not to be credible was not ineffective.
- judge entitled to rely on personal observations of jury regarding question of attentiveness
- declining to overrule the rule in DePace
- judge was not obligated to credit affidavit
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Judges: Spina
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19 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. GamboraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-09-02· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. VaughnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-05-12· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. MeasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-03-12· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. SharpeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-06-22· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. LengMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-12-03· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-07-30· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. SalazarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-12-14· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. FritzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-07-29· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. McGheeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-02-13· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. LaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-06-25· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. BraunMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-04-30· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. AlcequieczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-06-13· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. RileyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-02-23· cited 12×
- COMMONWEALTH v. RICKY SIN.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-08-23· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. HamptonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-09-02· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. BrowneMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-03-06
- Commonwealth v. LoboMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-05-31
- Commonwealth v. CowelsMassachusetts Superior Court· 2011-05-25
- Commonwealth v. KirklandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-02-22
Cites
31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-15· cited 357×
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-21· cited 275×
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-12-19· cited 273×
- Commonwealth v. JamesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-04-23· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-15· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. LopezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-02-06· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-02-12· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. GoodreauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-08-12· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. ChavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-07-08· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. OrtegaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-03-10· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-30· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. BrittoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-30· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-01-06· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. ClementeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-09-05· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. BeaudryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-12-20· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-08-03· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-11-26· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. Bart B.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-05-14· cited 47×
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