Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/11/1994
Commonwealth v. Simmons
Citations
- 627 N.E.2d 917
- 417 Mass. 60
- 1994 Mass. LEXIS 75
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that where evidence tending to impeach a prosecution witness is merely cumulative, its belated disclosure does not ordinarily warrant the grant of a new trial
- treating newly available evidence from a witness who was a fugitive from justice at the time of trial as newly discovered evidence
- observing that armed robbery is an inherently dangerous felony
- “For purposes of this decision, we shall assume that newly ‘available’ evidence is like newly ‘discovered’ evidence and is subject to the same rules”
- \Newly discovered evidence that tends merely to impeach the testimony of a witness does not ordinarily warrant a new trial\
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Abrams, O'Connor
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20 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. MelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-17· cited 183×
- Commonwealth v. KoneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-11-09· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-09-22· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. NettoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-02-14· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. FigueroaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-02-12· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. McGeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-02-12· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. VaughnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-05-12· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. EvansMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-04-16· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. HowardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-10-02· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-04-18· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. EllisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-09-09· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. MelendezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-04-10· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. PadgettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-03-03· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. McGrailMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-09-02· cited 7×
- Paulding v. AllenFirst Circuit· 2005-01-05· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. ByrdMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-09-26· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. BaezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-06-10· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. BonesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-03· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. NurseMassachusetts Superior Court· 1997-11-15
- Cahaly v. Benistar Property Exchange Trust Co.Massachusetts Superior Court· 2004-08-30
Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-04-15· cited 371×
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-15· cited 357×
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-20· cited 196×
- Commonwealth v. TucceriMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-04-09· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-07-07· cited 138×
- Commonwealth v. HoseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-09-09· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. LanoueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-07-30· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. WatsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-23· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. FickettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-08-10· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-05-09· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. BenoitMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-07-01· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. OrtizMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-12-17· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. BlanchetteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-14· cited 21×
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