Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2/17/1994
Commonwealth v. Powers
Citations
- 627 N.E.2d 953
- 36 Mass. App. Ct. 65
- 1994 Mass. App. LEXIS 173
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- witness asked whether there was “any doubt in [her] mind [the complainant] is telling the truth”; the witness replied, “She’s telling the truth”
- jury likely to perceive a DSS social worker with years of investigating sexual abuse “as especially qualified to judge the credibility of children”
- police officers with extensive experience in sex abuse cases likely to be viewed by jury as especially qualified to judge the credibility of children
- four witnesses, two of whom were experts, who vouched for credibility of complainant
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Dreben, Fine, Gillerman
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-07-15· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. PareMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-10-02· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. BrouillardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-05-22· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. LoretteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-12-19· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. LorenzettiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-10-01· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. SchefferMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-08-20· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. DeCiccoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-03-16· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. FedericoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-06-27· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1995-04-07· cited 1×
- Kilsdonk v. Department of Social ServicesMassachusetts Superior Court· 2001-08-02
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-25· cited 176×
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-04-07· cited 137×
- Commonwealth v. LicataMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-05-15· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. DockhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-08-21· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. SanchezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-11· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. MontaninoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-03-11· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. LavalleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-15· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. IanelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-12-09· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. ShineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-11-26· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. GrenierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-07-07· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. LongMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-04-05· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. WardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-03-03· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. McLeodMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-05-07· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. FlanaganMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-07-29· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. KreponMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-04-28· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. SugrueMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-02-25· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. CollettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-11-09· cited 10×
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