Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/28/1985
Commonwealth v. Pickles
Citations
- 473 N.E.2d 694
- 393 Mass. 775
- 1985 Mass. LEXIS 1307
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- plain statement that burden of proof lay with defendant, with no subsequent correct charge, constitutes error
- new trial required where instructions created jury confusion on both burden of proof and elements of crime
- judge’s charge was reversible error where, after two statements placing the burden of proof on the Commonwealth, the judge placed it entirely on the defendant and there was no corrective language later in the charge
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan
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31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. GrandisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-01-03· cited 215×
- Commonwealth v. AmiraultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-03-24· cited 178×
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-18· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. RosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-02-09· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-11-10· cited 90×
- Commonwealth v. McLeodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-05-08· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. McGovernMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-07-09· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. WatersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-04-23· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. DurningMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-01-18· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. NobleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-02-18· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. RedmondMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-18· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. FidlerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-02-17· cited 30×
- Commonwealth vs. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-11-13· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. BatistaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-01-24· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. TartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-08-08· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. EnnisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-08-07· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-09-23· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. MurrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-02-11· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. ClaudioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-08-03· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-09-17· cited 16×
Cites
16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 3,585×
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
- Leland v. OregonSupreme Court· 1952-10-13· cited 1,010×
- Taylor v. KentuckySupreme Court· 1978-05-30· cited 844×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-29· cited 315×
- Commonwealth v. MadeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-03-29· cited 133×
- Commonwealth v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-05-15· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. GreenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-07-16· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. ConroyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-03-28· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. AlbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-15· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-09· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. MoreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-04-12· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. ZezimaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-12-20· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. LorettaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-07-20· cited 23×
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