Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2/8/1980
Commonwealth v. Stevens
Citations
- 400 N.E.2d 261
- 379 Mass. 772
- 1980 Mass. LEXIS 1011
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Counsel had no obligation, indeed no right, to present a defense of lack of criminal responsibility which could not be supported by evidence”
- case against defendant for armed assault with intent to murder and armed robbery, based on testimony of victim, was \strong\
- tactical decision not to cross-examine prosecution witnesses did not constitute ineffective assistance in the circumstances
- no colloquy required where prosecution witnesses actually testified and the Commonwealth “was put to its proof beyond a reasonable doubt and met it”
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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Kaplan, Wilkins
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17 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. BlakeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-15· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. GouldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-11-19· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-12-22· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. AlvarezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-08-22· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. GomezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-08-10· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. VickersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-11-17· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. CastilloMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-04-10· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-12-17· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. BabcockMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-04-25· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. NydamMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-10-29· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. MonteiroMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-09-28· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. LopezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-11-07· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. EvelynMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-03-02· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. MitchellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-04-09· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. GarrettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-08-23
- Commonwealth v. Jean-BaptisteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-12-04
- Commonwealth v. McKenzieMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-11-28
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 12,640×
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
- Brookhart v. JanisSupreme Court· 1966-04-18· cited 1,130×
- Commonwealth v. SatterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-21· cited 275×
- Commonwealth v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-31· cited 224×
- Commonwealth v. MorrowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-05-11· cited 131×
- Commonwealth v. BernierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-03-08· cited 87×
- Osborne v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-05-15· cited 62×
- United States v. Paul K. StrotherD.C. Circuit· 1978-05-09· cited 51×
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