Commonwealth v. Therrien

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding Commonwealth’s right to appeal from a postverdict finding of not guilty pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 25 [b] [1], 378 Mass. 896 [1979]
• “It has long been accepted that the Commonwealth may not appeal from an acquittal of a criminal defendant. . . ”
• Commonwealth may appeal from allowance of motion for postconviction relief under rule 30

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Sherry
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-07-01· cited 139×
• Commonwealth v. Woodward
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-06-16· cited 111×
• Commonwealth v. Lam Hue To
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-29· cited 92×
• Aldoupolis v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-05-13· cited 67×
• Commonwealth v. Caracciola
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-04-03· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Keough
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-02-19· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Goodwin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-09-17· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Brusgulis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-08-25· cited 48×
• State v. Hall
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-03-22· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Guisti
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-05-29· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Amirault
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-05-04· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Yelle
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-04· cited 25×
• State v. Bartlett
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-04-01· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Coleman
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-03-13· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Lefkowitz
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-08-06· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Lowder
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-07-10· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Anderson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-06-13· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Torres
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-06-12· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Pease
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-07-03· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Harrison
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-01-12· cited 11×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Benton v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 4,063×
• United States v. Scott
  Supreme Court· 1978-10-02· cited 1,668×
• United States v. DiFrancesco
  Supreme Court· 1980-12-09· cited 1,657×
• United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-04· cited 1,460×
• United States v. Wilson
  Supreme Court· 1975-02-25· cited 1,334×
• United States v. Jenkins
  Supreme Court· 1975-02-25· cited 369×
• Spence v. Reeder
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-02-02· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Burke
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1870-10-15· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Cook
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-04-02· cited 57×
• United States v. Joseph Forcellati
  First Circuit· 1979-12-06· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Cepulonis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-02-24· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Gosselin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-04-12· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Hayes
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-05-05· cited 40×
• Gagnon's Case
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1917-10-23· cited 33×
• People v. Dockery
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1969-11-25· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. McCarthy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-19· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. White
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-06-04· cited 22×
• Boston Seaman's Friend Society, Inc. v. Attorney General
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-07· cited 18×
• State v. Davis
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1977-09-06· cited 12×
• State v. Barnett
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1973-06-27· cited 8×