Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/5/1999
Commonwealth v. Richardson
Citations
- 429 Mass. 182
- 706 N.E.2d 664
- 1999 Mass. LEXIS 117
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- Commonwealth not required to call additional witness to clarify “some disagreement” between two witnesses’ testimony, where witnesses agreed on crucial facts
- court looks at “the charge as a whole to determine whether it fairly instructs the jury”
- whether the adverse inference is permissible depends on the facts of each case
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Judges: Abrams
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20 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-07-21· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. PauldingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-10-24· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-09· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. SmileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-12· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. RedmondMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-18· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. Sann ThanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-11-10· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. SantosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-09-15· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. RosaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-12-03· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. O'BrianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-01-10· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. HoilettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-11-16· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. St. PeterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-02-02· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-04-04· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. McQuadeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-05-25· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-03-05· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. SpencerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-06-08· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. PetersonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-12-17· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. NurseMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-08-24· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. SpencerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-24· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. GibertiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-05-31· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. HuntMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-04-26· cited 1×
Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. RaymondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-03-07· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-13· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-21· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. SCHATVENMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-11-12· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. SamaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-12-05· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. FontesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-02-12· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-11-26· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. O'RourkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-03-30· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. CrawfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-03-21· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. MorganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-04-03· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. NievesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-03-29· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-08-23· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. KenistonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-07-26· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. LoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-22· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. KapplerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-12-15· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. BlanchetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-14· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-05-26· cited 14×
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