Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/18/1978
Commonwealth v. Sneed
Citations
- 383 N.E.2d 843
- 376 Mass. 867
- 1978 Mass. LEXIS 1172
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that any judicial comment is likely to be afforded substantial weight by a juror
- “the jury were probably aware that the judge did not believe the witness”
- role of judge is that of impartial arbitrator, not prosecutor
- judge adopted advocacy role in instructing jury
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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Kaplan, Wilkins, Abrams
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52 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. CarrionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-04-17· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. DrewMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-03-12· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. CefaloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-08-18· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. GilMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-11-06· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-06-10· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. PopeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-02-08· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. MosbyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-12-12· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. SylvesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-04-13· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-06-21· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. CharlesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-03-06· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-08-12· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. HebertMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-02-05· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-10-07· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-11-29· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. JohnstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-04-08· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-12-22· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. BuielMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-04-26· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-03-30· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. HollidayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-03-14· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-09-19· cited 26×
Cites
19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1933-05-29· cited 943×
- Webb v. TexasSupreme Court· 1972-12-04· cited 788×
- Commonwealth v. DomanskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1954-12-21· cited 320×
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-08-23· cited 155×
- Commonwealth v. GouveiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-12-21· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. BinkiewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-06-09· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. FestaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-01-05· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. TherrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-10-14· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. MorrisonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1973-12-27· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. HarlowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1872-10-15· cited 32×
- United States v. Lawrence HillSeventh Circuit· 1964-05-19· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. CoteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1977-05-26· cited 29×
- Brown v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1957-02-27· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. HanscombMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-12· cited 28×
- Cahalane v. PoustMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-03-07· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. PerryMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1975-05-29· cited 14×
- McKnight v. Red Cab Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-01-08· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. CostelloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1977-06-13· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. SneedMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-03-16· cited 1×
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