Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/21/1976
Commonwealth v. Richmond
Citations
- 358 N.E.2d 999
- 371 Mass. 563
- 1976 Mass. LEXIS 1203
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- photograph of injuries caused by dog who chewed victim’s face sometime after victim’s death
- abuse of discretion to admit photograph of a victim with face mutilated by dogs
- error to admit photographs of victim’s head partially eaten away by dogs
- error to admit photographs of victim’s head partially eaten away by dogs
- error to admit picture depicting horrible post-mortem injuries
- victim’s face mutilated by dog after murder
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Judges: Hennessey, Reardon, Quirico, Braucher, Wilkins
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35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. AmazeenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-04-20· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. PaszkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-14· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. BastaracheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-12· cited 116×
- State v. ClawsonWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-09-23· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. RepozaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-15· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. CliffordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-01-27· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. MedeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-07-09· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. NadwornyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-12-11· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. GolstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-08-26· cited 75×
- Ex Parte PerkinsSupreme Court of Alabama· 2001-07-13· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. RichmondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-21· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. ReidMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-05· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. GodinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-12-29· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. VizcarrondoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-05· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. CobbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. LeFaveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-11· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. LalibertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-08-26· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-05-23· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. DaltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-02-02· cited 37×
Cites
4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. ChalifouxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-01-15· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. BysMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-05-28· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. D'AGOSTINOMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-05-07· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. McGartyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1948-12-02· cited 50×
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