Commonwealth v. Roth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• declining to give effect to “‘“the verdict received from the lips of the foreman in open court” ’ ” would “elevate form over substance”
• declining to give effect to “ ‘ “the verdict received from the lips of the foreman in open court” ’ ” would “ele- vate form over substance”
• discussing the unreliability of jury deliberations \until there is a final verdict on the entire charge\
• discussing the unreliability of jury deliberations \until there is a final verdict on the entire charge\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Blueford v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 2012-05-24· cited 148×
• Commonwealth v. Figueroa
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-05-19· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Howard
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-12-08· cited 23×
• Colorado v. Richardson
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2008-05-19· cited 20×
• Blueford v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2011-01-20· cited 7×
• Daniels v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-05-25· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Zekirias
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-12-14· cited 4×
• Avila v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-02-29· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Moran
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-10-21· cited 2×
• Santana v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-09-30· cited 1×
• State v. Brandon Rolls
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2020-02-28· cited 1×
• Diaz v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-03-05· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Leary
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-09-29
• Commonwealth v. Howard
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-03-05
• Karen Read v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2025-02-11

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Sanabria v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 1,038×
• Stone v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1982-06-01· cited 208×
• Commonwealth v. Rodriquez
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-08-06· cited 183×
• People v. Boettcher
  New York Court of Appeals· 1987-02-17· cited 166×
• Commonwealth v. Connor
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-08-21· cited 138×
• State v. Castrillo
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1977-07-08· cited 57×
• State v. Pugliese
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1980-11-13· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. O'Brien
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-10-18· cited 50×
• United States v. Leonard Gooday
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-08-23· cited 48×
• People v. Hall
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-02-11· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Fowler
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-13· cited 44×
• Whiteaker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1991-03-22· cited 42×
• A Juvenile v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-22· cited 37×
• State v. Tate
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-05-22· cited 37×
• Rich v. Finley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-12-06· cited 32×
• People v. Hickey
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1981-02-03· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. FLOYD P.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-07-15· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Lowder
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-07-10· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Foster
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-30· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Martell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-26· cited 14×