Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/4/1988
Commonwealth v. Robinson
Citations
- 526 N.E.2d 778
- 403 Mass. 163
- 1988 Mass. LEXIS 232
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that independent police corroboration can compensate for deficiencies in either or both prongs of the Aguilar-Spinelli test
- two-prong test of veracity and basis of knowledge necessary to establish probable cause under art. 14 of Massachusetts Declaration of Rights
- where police corroborated information describing the defendant’s appearance and predicting the defendant’s time of arrival at a particular destination, “basis of knowledge” prong of Aguilar-Spinelli test was satisfied
- two-prong test of veracity and basis of knowledge necessary to establish probable cause under art. 14
- informant described defendant and the train on which he would be arriving
- informant described defendant and predicted train on which he would be arriving
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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor
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40 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. CastMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-11· cited 141×
- Commonwealth v. LyonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-12-26· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. Va Meng JoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-06-03· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. WelchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-22· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. Alfonso A.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-01-06· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. ParaparMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-03-13· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. BakoianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-03-23· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. EscaleraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-06-29· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. CarrascoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-06· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-03-18· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. SheaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-11-09· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. FernandesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-03-26· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. Va Meng JoeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-05-31· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-11-20· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. CruzMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-22· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. SingerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-01-16· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. EgglestonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-04-10· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. LuceMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-02-04· cited 10×
- State v. GoyetteSupreme Court of Vermont· 1991-05-31· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-08-07· cited 9×
Cites
11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 7,289×
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1969-01-27· cited 6,223×
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1959-01-26· cited 3,191×
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-01· cited 401×
- Commonwealth v. BorgesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-08-28· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. StevensMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-06-02· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. VynoriusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-11-03· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. BottariMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-08-28· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. UptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-12-12· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. AveryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-04-02· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. KaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-12-01· cited 13×
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