Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/17/1989
Commonwealth v. Sires
Citations
- 542 N.E.2d 580
- 405 Mass. 598
- 1989 Mass. LEXIS 239
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- upholding competency of alcoholic witness on medication for hallucinations and loss of memory
- statement in jury instruction that “where the fact of killing is shown and there are no circumstances disclosed tending to show justification or excuse, then there is nothing to rebut the natural presumption of malice” held Sandstrom-type error
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Judges: Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor
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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-29· cited 139×
- Commonwealth v. BlakeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-15· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. AliceaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-04-12· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. MedinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-17· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. SkinnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-18· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. McLaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-22· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. WallisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-12-18· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-04-13· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. ShelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-23· cited 17×
- Moore, Jr. v. PonteFirst Circuit· 1999-08-02· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. DohertyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-09-12· cited 13×
- Moore v. PonteD. Massachusetts· 1996-05-10· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-11-30· cited 4×
- COMMONWEALTH v. RONNIE M. HARRIS.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-06-29· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. SlonkaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-05-30· cited 3×
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 3,585×
- Rose v. ClarkSupreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 2,431×
- Francis v. FranklinSupreme Court· 1985-04-29· cited 2,053×
- Carella v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 686×
- Pope v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1987-05-04· cited 672×
- DeJoinville v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-08-04· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. RepozaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-07-23· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. BoucherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-01-03· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. SiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-06-23· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. MoreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-04-12· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. AdreyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-06-16· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. BurkettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-01-13· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. StillwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-12-14· cited 10×
- Randall Bright v. Doug Williams, WardenEleventh Circuit· 1987-06-02· cited 8×
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