Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/26/2015
Commonwealth v. Ramos
Citations
- 470 Mass. 740
- 25 N.E.3d 849
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that defenses were not mutually exclusive because “[a]cceptance of [the co-defendant’s] defense . . . would not have precluded acquittal of the defendant,” but rather “could have led to the conclusion that the defendant, too, should be acquitted”
- warrantless entry of garage upheld to prevent destruction of evidence where police heard sounds inside garage that by objective standard indicated that people were there and that evidence related to stolen vehicle therein was being destroyed
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Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, Hines
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16 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. Jones-PannellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-08-14· cited 141×
- Commonwealth v. AlexisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-12-14· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. DePinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-03-13· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. GallettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-03-20· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-07-26· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. DouglasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-08-14· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. PolancoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-02-20· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. LugoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-04-24· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. PridgettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-02-12· cited 6×
- COMMONWEALTH v. STANLEY S., a juvenile.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-10-01· cited 1×
- Lammar David Burney v. State of Alaska, Jamal Kareem Townsend v. State of AlaskaCourt of Appeals of Alaska· 2025-01-03· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. Rosario-SantiagoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-10-02
- Commonwealth v. EvelynMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-09-17
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2020-11-30
- Commonwealth v. PetersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-02-06
- Commonwealth v. CintronMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2024-03-11
Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 8,792×
- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 3,849×
- Brigham City v. StuartSupreme Court· 2006-05-22· cited 2,237×
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Kentucky v. KingSupreme Court· 2011-05-16· cited 1,457×
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-01-08· cited 225×
- Commonwealth v. Isaiah I.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-02-09· cited 156×
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-02-03· cited 152×
- Commonwealth v. MoranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-11-18· cited 149×
- Commonwealth v. Isaiah I.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-03-18· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. ViriyahiranpaiboonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-03-16· cited 92×
- United States v. Jose FuentesEleventh Circuit· 1997-03-25· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-05-22· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. HuffmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-19· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. DeJesusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-06-24· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. MolinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-04-16· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-10-19· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. FernandezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-02-08· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. CromwellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-01-28· cited 11×
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