Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/30/1982
Commonwealth v. Raposa
Citations
- 437 N.E.2d 215
- 386 Mass. 666
- 1982 Mass. LEXIS 1556
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a prosecutor’s powers to seek indictments and to nol pros complaints and indictments were not affected by the Court Reorganization Act
- “It has long been the rule in the Commonwealth that the pendency of a criminal matter in a District Court does not preclude a prosecutor from seeking an indictment for the same offense”
- arraignment in District Court followed by indictments, and then by nolle prosequi in District Court, Superior Court judge denied motion to dismiss and reported the case
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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Nolan, Lynch
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. McGovernMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-07-09· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. BurtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-01-22· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. CroweMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-01-22· cited 36×
- Hadfield v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-08-25· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. ZanninoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-11-10· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. HinterleitnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-04-17· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. ChamberlinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-06-24· cited 3×
- Williams v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-12-13
Cites
12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-30· cited 202×
- Corey v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-09-19· cited 52×
- Lydon v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-08-22· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-02-04· cited 37×
- Ferullo's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1954-09-24· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-12-29· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. XiarhosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1974-05-06· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. GermanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-11-23· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. BuckMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1933-12-28· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-12-09· cited 13×
- Klous v. Judges of the Municipal CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1925-02-24· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. CrosbyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-11-20· cited 7×
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