Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/6/1976
Commonwealth v. Redmond
Citations
- 351 N.E.2d 501
- 370 Mass. 591
- 1976 Mass. LEXIS 1013
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- new trial granted because of speculation, without evidentiary support, that the defendant had tried to rape victim before murder
- new trial granted because of speculation, without evidentiary support, that the defendant had tried to rape victim before murder
- no one error \was necessarily so prejudicial that curative instructions were useless or that the instructions given were inadequate\; nonetheless, curative instructions were inadequate in circumstances to overcome combination of errors
- one of the Supreme Judicial Court’s earliest advisories on improper argument
- the prosecutor “deliberately sailed unnecessarily close to the wind”
- improper reference to matters not in evidence
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Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Kaplan, Wilkins
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54 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-24· cited 348×
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-20· cited 196×
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-08-23· cited 155×
- Commonwealth v. EarltopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-03-21· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-05-15· cited 119×
- Commonwealth v. ShelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-02-23· cited 115×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-01-11· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. BarnettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-09-15· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-02-23· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-14· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. HaasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-12-17· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. LamriniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-07-09· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. ImbrugliaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-02· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. GouveiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-12-21· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. BlaikieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-06· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. HoppinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-08-02· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. FernetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-11-26· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-03-18· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. HawleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-05· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. ParadiseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-06-14· cited 34×
Cites
5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court· 1971-02-24· cited 2,903×
- Commonwealth v. De ChristoforoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-12-07· cited 147×
- Commonwealth v. DiMarzoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-02-28· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-11-02· cited 55×
- United States v. Aloyisus M. BrownSixth Circuit· 1975-07-31· cited 25×
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