Commonwealth v. O'BRIEN

How courts have described this case

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• “It is thus our view that the § 33E definition of ‘capital case’ governs the meaning of that phrase in c. 263, § 6, at issue here”
• special treatment of “capital crime,” whether for purposes of jury waiver or review pursuant to G. L. c. 278, § 33E, shows Legislature’s concern with “these most serious criminal cases” and should not be reformed by this court even where crime not punishable by death
• defendant cannot waive jury in capital case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. McColl
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-05-23· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Francis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-11-28· cited 36×
• Boston v. BOSTON POLICE PATROLMEN'S ASSOCIATION, INC.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-01-05· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Barry
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-06-12· cited 20×
• Jamgochian v. Dierker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-24· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Marshall
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-12· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Perkins
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-01-14· cited 10×
• Patrick P. v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-10-04· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Billingslea
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-04-30

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Commonwealth v. Millen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-02-14· cited 103×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-04-03· cited 82×
• Commonwealth v. O'NEAL
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-18· cited 29×