Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1/25/1994
Commonwealth v. O'BRIEN
Citations
- 626 N.E.2d 892
- 35 Mass. App. Ct. 827
- 1993 Mass. App. LEXIS 80
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- warning prosecutors to avoid questions to witnesses of whether child victim’s behavior conformed to the “general characteristics” of abused chil dren
- clerk-magistrate’s hearing as prerequisite to issuance of complaint only applies to misdemeanors, not to felonies
- “[tjhere are cases where the proffered expert testimony itself approaches so closely the credibility of the alleged victim that it is best excluded”
- no error in prosecutor pursuing potentially inadmissible matters where defense opened door on cross-examination
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Judges: Armstrong, Kaplan, Laurence
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Schutz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-12-03· cited 382×
- Commonwealth v. Clerk-Magistrate of the West Roxbury Division of the District Court DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-05-08· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. RatherMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-08-16· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. AllenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-05-22· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. SwainMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-05-02· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. BrouillardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-05-22· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. McCaffreyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-06-01· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. LaCapruciaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-10-18· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. TannerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-06-05· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. ParreiraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-08-04· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. BougasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-09-22· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. AlmeidaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-04-13· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. VardinskiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-11-30· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. DuncanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-02-12
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. DockhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-08-21· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. MontaninoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-03-11· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. IanelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-12-09· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. BrusgulisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-08-25· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. TirrellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-02-11· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. LeFaveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-11· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-10-29· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. SpannMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-03-12· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-02-07· cited 27×
- Blaikie v. District Attorney for the Suffolk DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-06· cited 25×
- Doe v. District Attorney for the Plymouth DistrictMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-01-03· cited 21×
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