Commonwealth v. Spear

How courts have described this case

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

• manslaughter instruction appropriate based on the testimony of the pathologist concerning the location of the wounds

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Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Voudrie v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1980-05-06· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Edgerly
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-05-21· cited 30×
• Nathaniel v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1983-09-02· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1975-04-23· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Alfonso
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-04-05· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Sowell
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-07-07· cited 7×
• United States v. Houlihan
  D. Massachusetts· 1996-07-16· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Jakimenko
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-09-22· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Cromartie
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-04-10· cited 1×

Cites

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

• Keeble v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 1,048×
• Sansone v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-29· cited 851×
• Commonwealth v. Freeman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
• People v. Mussenden
  New York Court of Appeals· 1955-06-02· cited 196×
• Commonwealth v. Campbell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-04-27· cited 145×
• Commonwealth v. Hoffman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-07-02· cited 114×
• Commonwealth v. Kendrick
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-06-24· cited 112×
• Commonwealth v. Caine
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-11-13· cited 105×
• Commonwealth v. Geagan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-07-01· cited 98×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-05-13· cited 90×
• Commonwealth v. Hartford
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-12-02· cited 80×
• United States v. Gordon Alexander, United States of America v. Benjamin Murdock
  D.C. Circuit· 1973-01-25· cited 78×
• People v. Powell
  California Supreme Court· 1949-08-19· cited 76×
• Commonwealth v. McKay
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-03-07· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Rembiszewski
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-03-15· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Carita
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-06-04· cited 58×
• United States v. Charles R. Harary
  Second Circuit· 1972-02-28· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. McCauley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-04-07· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Fiore
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-03-25· cited 52×
• Driscoll v. United States
  First Circuit· 1966-01-31· cited 52×