Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/15/1976
Commonwealth v. Rodriguez
Citations
- 352 N.E.2d 203
- 370 Mass. 684
- 1976 Mass. LEXIS 1026
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- establishing that when the issue of self-defense is properly before the trier of fact, the Commonwealth must, as a matter of due process, prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not act in self-defense
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Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Kaplan, Wilkins
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116 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. McCullumWashington Supreme Court· 1983-03-10· cited 291×
- Commonwealth v. HarringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 175×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-08· cited 150×
- Commonwealth v. StokesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-09· cited 127×
- District Attorney for the Suffolk District v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-10-28· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. McInerneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-28· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. MandevilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-03· cited 97×
- Commonwealth v. RepozaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-12-15· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-06-10· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-04-15· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-06· cited 79×
- Connolly v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-16· cited 79×
- DeJoinville v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-08-04· cited 79×
- State v. KirtleyWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-11-28· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. FlukerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-01-18· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. PisaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-13· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. AlbertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-15· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. NiziolekMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-02· cited 63×
- Lannon v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-02-08· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. CollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-09· cited 59×
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
- Cupp v. NaughtenSupreme Court· 1973-12-04· cited 2,639×
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1926-04-19· cited 200×
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-08-06· cited 183×
- Commonwealth v. MutinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-02-11· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. KendrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-24· cited 112×
- State v. MillettSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1971-02-09· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. GibsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-08-22· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. LeasterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-09-05· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. RedmondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-05-01· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. McCauleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-04-07· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. EdmondsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-06-21· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1975-04-23· cited 17×
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