Massachusetts Appeals Court· 9/23/1985
Commonwealth v. Sullivan
Citations
- 482 N.E.2d 1198
- 20 Mass. App. Ct. 802
- 1985 Mass. App. LEXIS 1985
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon indictment duplicative of murder indictment when “the acts involved were so intertwined as to be one”
- convictions of second degree murder and assault with a dangerous weapon were duplicative where the instructions did not “separat[e] the hand stabbing from the back stabbing”
- “The idea of reasonable doubt is not susceptible to quantification; it is inherently qualitative.”
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Judges: Perretta, Kass, Warner
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18 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. RosaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-02-09· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. ArriagaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-03-10· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-10-21· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-07-31· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. MorseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-07-06· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-03-10· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. KatsirubisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-06-25· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. StellbergerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-12-09· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. PapadinisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-02-27· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-14· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. DupreeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-06-23· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. SlonkaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-05-30· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. PageMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-05-12· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-09-14· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. StathopoulosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-12-30· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. KempMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-12-07· cited 1×
- Tracy v. OlsonD. Massachusetts· 2005-11-30
- Jennifer L. Dean v. State of IndianaIndiana Court of Appeals· 2023-10-30
Cites
39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Morey v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1871-11-15· cited 479×
- Commonwealth v. CasaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-07-17· cited 224×
- People v. CollinsCalifornia Supreme Court· 1968-03-11· cited 205×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-30· cited 202×
- Petrocelli v. StateNevada Supreme Court· 1985-01-04· cited 199×
- Commonwealth v. DelgadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-18· cited 188×
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-08-06· cited 183×
- Commonwealth v. WaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-30· cited 157×
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-22· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. St. PierreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-30· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-07-07· cited 138×
- Kuklis v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-03-03· cited 118×
- Costarelli v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-21· cited 103×
- Commonwealth v. ShelineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-24· cited 101×
- People v. HarboldAppellate Court of Illinois· 1984-05-18· cited 96×
- McCullough v. StateNevada Supreme Court· 1983-02-10· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. LittleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-05· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. TherrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-10-14· cited 57×
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