Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/17/1999
Commonwealth v. Peters
Citations
- 429 Mass. 22
- 705 N.E.2d 1118
- 1999 Mass. LEXIS 95
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “We can find no decision, or other authority, which permits a complainant to engage in self-corroboration”
- “These two doctrines, in a case like this, are virtually coextensive . . .”
- “instructions were flawed [because] . . . [t]hey gave no definition of the meaning of corroboration”
- complainant may not corroborate herself, Commonwealth must produce the person to whom she allegedly complained
- “complainant should not be allowed to testify about the details of the complaint”
- “fresh complaint” admissible only to corroborate complainant’s testimony
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Judges: Greaney
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34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-12-19· cited 273×
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-09-29· cited 211×
- Commonwealth v. AzarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-01-23· cited 186×
- Commonwealth v. PeloquinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-06-21· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. Quincy Q.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-08-15· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. DeOliveiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-06-19· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. McCormickMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-10-19· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. HartnettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-08-28· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. LaChanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-10-21· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. BaranMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-05-15· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. MontanezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-05-22· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. EdwardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-09-02· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-04-17· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. AspenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-11-23· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. Thad T.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-10-06· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-02-12· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. HowellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-04-03· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. GichelMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-11-15· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. Niels N.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-02-23· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. MoraisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-08· cited 6×
Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-03-24· cited 178×
- State v. TroupeSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-06-11· cited 159×
- Commonwealth v. LicataMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-05-15· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. ClaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-29· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. BaileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-06-07· cited 112×
- Commonwealth v. LavalleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-15· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. ScanlonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-05-15· cited 58×
- State v. SullivanSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-05-12· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. ClearyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1898-10-29· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. IzzoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-03-11· cited 42×
- Glover v. CallahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-12-27· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. EgardoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-10-29· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. EllisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1947-10-30· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. EllisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-05-29· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. HangerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-05-06· cited 25×
- State v. BlohmSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-05-04· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. SugrueMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-02-25· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. MelchionnoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-08-22· cited 13×
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