Massachusetts Appeals Court· 10/30/1995
Commonwealth v. Roberts
Citations
- 39 Mass. App. Ct. 355
- 656 N.E.2d 1260
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “It is peculiarly unjust to saddle an individual with a record in a case that should never have been begun”
- where defendant sought to expunge record after criminal charge dismissed, judge erred in allowing expungement because judge was limited by statutory scheme described in G. L. c. 276, § 100C, to sealing defendant’s record
- case for sealing record strong where prosecution abandoned because founded on mistake
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Judges: Kass
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10 cases in this archive cite this case.
- City of Cambridge v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-08-05· cited 61×
- V.C. v. CasadyNebraska Supreme Court· 2001-10-26· cited 58×
- State v. BranderMontana Supreme Court· 1996-12-12· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. PonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-08-15· cited 38×
- Commissioner of Probation v. AdamsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-03-10· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. BoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-25· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. Gavin G.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-08-12· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. S.M.F.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-02-07· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. MoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-09-06· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. BoeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-02-05· cited 1×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Police Commissioner v. Municipal Court of Dorchester DistrictMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-16· cited 99×
- Globe Newspaper Company v. Daniel F. Pokaski, Etc.First Circuit· 1989-02-22· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. VickeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-11-17· cited 61×
- United States v. DooleyE.D. Pennsylvania· 1973-09-28· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. DoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-04-19· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. BalboniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-11-21· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. RoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-04-19· cited 5×
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