Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 9/24/2009
Commonwealth v. Pena
Citations
- 455 Mass. 1
- 913 N.E.2d 815
- 2009 Mass. LEXIS 646
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- admission of testimony related to decedent's cause of death harmless beyond reasonable doubt because it was not contested issue at trial
- admission of testimony related to decedent’s cause of death harmless beyond reasonable doubt because it was not contested issue at trial
- hearsay error under Nardi case not harmless beyond reasonable doubt in part because erroneously admitted findings were affirmatively used by defense
- autopsy report inadmissible as business record \insofar as it had been 'created in anticipation of litigation' \
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. VasquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-26· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. GouseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-04-10· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. TrinhMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-01-31· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-09-21· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. BoisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-11-10· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. AmranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-04-30· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. AlleyneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-07-15· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-08-09· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. NiemicMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-09-17· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. FoxworthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-11-12· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. StarkweatherMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-07-18· cited 13×
- Pena v. DickhautFirst Circuit· 2013-11-22· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. BeltrandiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-03-14· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. RhodesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-08-16· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. CarneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-07-20· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. SalingerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-05-27· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. ElliottMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-06-17· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. BotelhoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-08-10· cited 3×
- Duvivier v. Kay's Oasis Enterprises, Inc.Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2010-03-09· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. SepheusMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-11-21· cited 2×
Cites
31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-15· cited 357×
- Commonwealth v. MahdiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-04-08· cited 192×
- United States v. De La CruzFirst Circuit· 2008-02-01· cited 108×
- Crowe v. MarchandFirst Circuit· 2007-10-19· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. NardiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-09-25· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. SmallwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-03· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. CordleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-03-11· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. OlszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-12-30· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. CoonanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-02-08· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-08-06· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-05-22· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. GouveiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-12-21· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. MarkvartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-07-18· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. MacKenzieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-08-21· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. AllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-07-25· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. PhoenixMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-02-28· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-11-26· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-02-12· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-06-29· cited 44×
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