Commonwealth v. Ruiz

How courts have described this case

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

• stating, “[t]o the extent there is any ambiguity [in the terms and conditions of probation], ... we construe the lack of clarity in the defendant’s favor”
• “Due process . . . requires that a defendant sentenced to probation receive fair warning of conduct that may result in the revocation of probation”
• due process entitles probationers to clear guidance about what conduct is prohibited and when prohibitions apply
• due process requires that probationers \receive fair warning of conduct that may result in the revocation of probation\
• due process \requires that a defendant sentenced to probation receive fair warning of conduct that may result in the revocation of probation\
• sentence could not be construed to have probation begin during incarceration, where language of sentence did not give fair notice of same

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Canadyan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-12-21· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Al Saud
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-04-04· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Jackson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-09-29· cited 11×
• State of Maine v. Crystal Palmer
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2016-07-28· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Bynoe
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-02-26· cited 4×
• State v. Anthony Parrillo
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2017-05-03· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Pacheco
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2017-05-30· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Pacheco
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-12-09
• Commonwealth v. Preston P., a juvenile
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-01-07
• Commonwealth v. Martins
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-10-13
• Commonwealth v. Riz
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-10-31
• Commonwealth v. David Fraize
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2018-10-24

Cites

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

• Gagnon v. Scarpelli
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 5,755×
• Burns v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1932-12-05· cited 523×
• Commonwealth v. Freiberg
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-06· cited 121×
• United States v. Gallo
  First Circuit· 1994-03-31· cited 104×
• Commonwealth v. Delaney
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-28· cited 102×
• Commonwealth v. Orlando
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-01-24· cited 98×
• Commonwealth v. Power
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-18· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Disler
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-04-18· cited 42×
• United States v. John Cabot
  Second Circuit· 2003-04-07· cited 33×
• Buckley v. Quincy Division of the District Court Department
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-09-11· cited 32×
• McHoul v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-06-12· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Kendrick
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-02-09· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Butler
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-02-22· cited 24×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1977-12-09· cited 21×
• State v. DeAngelis
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1971-09-28· cited 20×
• State v. Budgett
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2001-03-16· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Lally
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-08-16· cited 15×
• Brown v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-12-09· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Sheridan
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-02-27· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Aquino
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-12-02· cited 8×