Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/17/2017
Commonwealth v. Santana
Citations
- 477 Mass. 610
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- defendant given written Miranda warnings in primary language, which he was able to read aloud
- admission of expert testimony not in error where substitute medical examiner testified to her independent opinion and was available for cross-examination on foundation of that opinion
- trial judges have \broad discretion\ whether to declare a mistrial
- applying substantial likelihood of miscarriage of justice standard
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Judges: Gants, Lenk, Hines, Gaziano
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. CruzadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-08-10· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. VasquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-08-28· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. WassilieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-07-02· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-07-20· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. LujanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-04-03· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. CollazoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-02-20· cited 3×
- Santana v. CowenDistrict of Columbia· 2019-02-14· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. CorbettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-11-08
- Commonwealth v. PeterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-02-13
- Commonwealth v. GibsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-03-23
- Commonwealth v. KeplinMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-04-06
- Commonwealth v. HernandezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-05-10
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-11
- Commonwealth v. GadwahMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-06
- Commonwealth v. MontanezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-22
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-10-12
- Commonwealth v. Dejan BelnavisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2024-10-10
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Cites
36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
- Dickerson v. United StatesSupreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 1,932×
- Commonwealth v. FlebotteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-03-21· cited 396×
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-24· cited 348×
- Commonwealth v. DiGiambattistaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-08-16· cited 167×
- Commonwealth v. MeehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-19· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. MandileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-04-23· cited 106×
- Berry v. KyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-09-14· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. WoodsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-01-02· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. GreinederMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-03-14· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. NovoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-08-06· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. SylviaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-02· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-03-05· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. GradyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-07-12· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. ChristianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-01-14· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. TremblayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-07-20· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. RuizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-11-19· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. DurandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-08-19· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. GentileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-08-20· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. CarriereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-10-28· cited 44×
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