Commonwealth v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• instruction upheld that, in part, equated moral certainty with satisfaction according to the jurors’ conscience
• instruction which, in part, equated reasonable doubt with satisfaction according to the jury’s conscience, upheld
• the fact that the jury returned with a guilty verdict a mere twelve minutes after receiving the Tuey charge does not warrant a conclusion that the verdict was coerced
• postappeal collateral attack on a reasonable doubt instruction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Simpson v. Matesanz
  First Circuit· 1999-05-10· cited 88×
• Commonwealth v. Mahar
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-06-07· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Valentin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-12-08· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Johnston
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-04-08· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Lawson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-10-28· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Powell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-02-22· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Arias
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-10-30· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Gagnon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-11-09· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Keo
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-01-21· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Watkins
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-20· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Therrien
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-12-29· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. LaBriola
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-01-14· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Riley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-01-25· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-11-22· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Bacigalupo
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-07-12· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Brazie
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-05-23· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Byers
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-09-27
• Commonwealth v. Laveck
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-01-31
• King ex rel. Anderson v. Conant
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2005-11-14

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Victor v. Nebraska
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 1,656×
• Lowenfield v. Phelps
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-07· cited 1,385×
• Commonwealth v. Saferian
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-15· cited 357×
• Commonwealth v. Tavares
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-29· cited 315×
• Commonwealth v. McHoul
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-05-16· cited 220×
• Commonwealth v. Rodriquez
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-08-06· cited 183×
• Commonwealth v. Madeiros
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-03-29· cited 133×
• Commonwealth v. Watkins
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-20· cited 126×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-06-11· cited 110×
• Commonwealth v. Rosa
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-02-09· cited 105×
• Gilday v. Callahan
  First Circuit· 1995-07-05· cited 103×
• Commonwealth v. Sheline
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-24· cited 101×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-04-03· cited 82×
• DeJoinville v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-08-04· cited 79×
• Commonwealth v. Fuller
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-03-13· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Gagliardi
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-08-04· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Haley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-12-11· cited 54×