Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/7/1983
Commonwealth v. Perez
Citations
- 455 N.E.2d 632
- 390 Mass. 308
- 1983 Mass. LEXIS 1715
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “jury’s right to selective credibility does not permit [them] to distort or mutilate any integral portion of the testimony to permit them to believe an unfounded hypothesis”
- we do not parse language of judge’s final instructions and “scrutiniz[e] bits and pieces removed from their context”
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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor
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36 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. ZanettiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-08-03· cited 170×
- Commonwealth v. FreibergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-06· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. NiemicMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-06· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. PalmarielloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-06-01· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. GlackenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-04-14· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. DaughtryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-02-17· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. RussellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-01-26· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. RodwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-05-06· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. RamosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-09-12· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. SleeperMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-01-10· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. LapageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-12-12· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. LeavittMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-03-07· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. WallisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-12-18· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-03-21· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. McClendonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-08-18· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. St. PeterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-02-02· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. SumnerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-07-05· cited 15×
- Higgins v. Delta Elevator Service Corp.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-10-21· cited 14×
- In re Adoption of QueridaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-02-11· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. DeconinckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-08-10· cited 12×
Cites
31 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. BradshawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-02-12· cited 232×
- Commonwealth v. SellonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-25· cited 167×
- Commonwealth v. CundriffMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-16· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-22· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. DickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-06-20· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-01-11· cited 110×
- United States v. Edwin Charles Fortes, Jr., United States of America v. Sandra Elaine JemisonFirst Circuit· 1980-04-01· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. McInerneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-28· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. SmallwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-03· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-06-10· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. GreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-04-10· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. RichmondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-21· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. LittleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-05· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. SneedMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-18· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. TherrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-10-14· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. SylvesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-04-13· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. MangulaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1975-01-17· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. HaleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-05-03· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. KeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-06-27· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. DurkinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-11-22· cited 47×
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