Massachusetts Appeals Court· 3/19/1998
Commonwealth v. Rivera
Citations
- 44 Mass. App. Ct. 452
- 691 N.E.2d 972
- 1998 Mass. App. LEXIS 59
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- A \trial should not continue without the presence of the accused\ except in some \instances in which a defendant who is not in custody voluntarily absents himself from the proceedings.\
- defendant had possession of six vials of cocaine contained in a larger package, had been observed selling marijuana moments before his arrest, and fled upon seeing the police
- “In view of all of the circumstances, the evidence was amply sufficient to warrant submission of the issue of the defendant’s intent to distribute the cocaine to the jury for resolution”
- “the defendant’s conduct vis-a-vis the marijuana [was] highly probative of his intent regarding the cocaine: [where] (1) the cocaine had been stored (and secreted) alongside the marijuana that the defendant had been seen vending; (2
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-05-08· cited 38×
- State v. GarzaWashington Supreme Court· 2003-10-09· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-27· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. VickersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-11-17· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-08-29· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. AhartMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-05-04· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. CareyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-07-24· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. SepheusMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-11-21· cited 2×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. LaPerleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-03-04· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. EllisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-01-07· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. ClermyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-11-10· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. HiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-07-15· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. KaneMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-12-31· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. GonzalesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-12-21· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. TrippMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-10-07· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. FlemmiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-12-31· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. PenaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-02-21· cited 15×
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