Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/18/1986
Commonwealth v. Shea
Citations
- 496 N.E.2d 631
- 398 Mass. 264
- 1986 Mass. LEXIS 1457
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- rejecting defendant's argument that hypothetical about missing piece of chocolate cake too closely paralleled facts of his case
- \defendant's theory of his case cannot relieve the Commonwealth of its burden of proving every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt\
- “defendant’s theory of his case cannot relieve the Commonwealth of its burden of proving every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt”
- Commonwealth’s burden of proving every element of case cannot be transferred to defendant because of counsel’s choice of defense
- “defendant’s theory of his case cannot relieve the Commonwealth of its burden of proving every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt”
- where element not contested issue at trial no substantial risk of miscarriage of justice from erroneous instruction
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Judges: Abrams, Hennessey, Nolan, O'Connor, Wilkins
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39 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. VasquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-26· cited 127×
- Lane T. Mele v. Fitchburg District CourtFirst Circuit· 1988-06-15· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. RepozaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-07-23· cited 71×
- City of Baton Rouge v. RossSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1995-04-28· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. GallagherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-11-08· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. LennonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-16· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. MercadoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-06-26· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. FidlerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-02-17· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. SkinnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-18· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. CharlesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-03-26· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. CaldwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-11-10· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. CarletonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-11-10· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. FulghamMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-01-20· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. PinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-10-20· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. SilvaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-05-15· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. CowansMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-12· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. RosadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-05-18· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. RamseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-09-27· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-02-06· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. KingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-01-19· cited 9×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 300×
- Commonwealth v. HensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-18· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. MoffettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-03-24· cited 153×
- Commonwealth v. BurnoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-01-28· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. PuleioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-02-25· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. LeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-05-05· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. EnnisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-06-26· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. PomerleauMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-07-03· cited 8×
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