Massachusetts Appeals Court· 5/10/2007
Commonwealth v. Ramirez
Citations
- 69 Mass. App. Ct. 9
- 865 N.E.2d 1158
- 2007 Mass. App. LEXIS 510
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- Commonwealth required to prove defendant's knowledge of sex offender registration requirement as of date of offense alleged in complaint
- defendant's conduct not threatening where he watched girl at swimming pool and sang he \fell in love with a little girl\ as she passed
- no physically offensive conduct where defendant repeatedly called out to victim but never attempted to go near her or restrict her movement
- defendant’s words and actions did not create physically offensive condition where defendant did not attempt to go near complainant, restrict her movement, follow her, or otherwise create physical offense
- \the Commonwealth Page 360 was required to prove that the defendant knew of the requirement that he register but did not do so despite this knowledge\
- it was not reasonable to infer that defendant intended complainant to fear that harm would befall her when defendant made no invasive move toward complainant, and complainant did not state that she was in fear of defendant
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Judges: Mills
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- State v. BillingtonNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2008-10-21· cited 8×
- People v. HaddockAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2008-02-28· cited 8×
- COMMONWEALTH v. MARKUS COOPER.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-10-08· cited 5×
- COMMONWEALTH v. RICHARD M. CORBETT.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-07-08
Cites
35 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×
- State v. CookOhio Supreme Court· 1998-09-30· cited 1,648×
- Lambert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1958-01-27· cited 895×
- Rogers v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1975-06-17· cited 585×
- People v. GarciaCalifornia Supreme Court· 2001-07-18· cited 112×
- Varnes v. StateTex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-11-29· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. BorisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-12-01· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. SholleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-11-30· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. ChouMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-01-22· cited 69×
- Commonwealth v. RobicheauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-09-13· cited 57×
- Roe v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-06-28· cited 57×
- State v. GiorgettiSupreme Court of Florida· 2004-03-04· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. HolidayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-04-29· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. HorsfallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1913-01-04· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. AltenhausMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-11-29· cited 47×
- Kitze v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-09-24· cited 44×
- People v. SordenCalifornia Supreme Court· 2005-06-23· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. NievesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-04-27· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. LePoreMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-06-07· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. DellamanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-10-11· cited 26×
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