Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/1/2012
Commonwealth v. Smith
Citations
- 461 Mass. 438
- 961 N.E.2d 566
- 2012 Mass. LEXIS 20
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- declining to consider propriety of disallowance of defendant's peremptory challenge where challenged juror did not deliberate
- jurors’ comments that they were bored by one of Commonwealth’s witnesses did not reflect impermissible deliberation on substance of case
- no possibility of prejudice where challenged juror selected as alternate and did not deliberate
- prejudice shown only \where the challenged juror actually deliberates in a case\
- introduction of third- party culprit evidence subject to ordinary considerations of relevance
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- Commonwealth v. SantosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-08-27· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. WatkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-11-24· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. FitzpatrickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-10-24· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. PhilbrookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-07-28· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. ScottMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-12-26· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. BerardiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-10-09· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. HuntMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-02-22
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-07-12
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Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- United States v. SchefferSupreme Court· 1998-03-31· cited 1,617×
- Holmes v. South CarolinaSupreme Court· 2006-05-01· cited 1,409×
- Commonwealth v. Silva-SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-05-15· cited 137×
- Commonwealth v. O'DayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-11-07· cited 115×
- Commonwealth v. RosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-02-09· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. KeizerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-02-07· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-03-20· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. GreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-07-17· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. RiceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-03-24· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-07-03· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. ConkeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-12-16· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. McAfeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-12-28· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. O'BrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-10-18· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-09-23· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. VardinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-01-15· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. QuallsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-06-06· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-04-07· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. CyrMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-05-27· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. MagrawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-02-04· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. DelValleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-04-01· cited 22×
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