Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/29/1951
Commonwealth v. Tilley
Citations
- 99 N.E.2d 749
- 327 Mass. 540
- 1951 Mass. LEXIS 647
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining defendants not bound by judgments in criminal cases to which are not a party and stating only the Commonwealth and party defendant are bound
- art. 12 of Massachusetts Declaration of Rights prohibits use of criminal conviction against another party to establish truth of any fact involved in conviction
- admission of conviction of principal by prosecution erroneous in trial of accessory
- “it has been the established law of this Commonwealth that in a criminal case the record of conviction or acquittal in another case to which the defendant was not a party is not admissible to establish the truth of any fact involved in such conviction or acquittal”
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Judges: Qua, Lummus, Wilkins, Spalding, Williams
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24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-21· cited 142×
- Commonwealth v. BoransMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-09-04· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. EaganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-06-08· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. RoblesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-06-25· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. DevlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-08-05· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. ReynoldsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-11-25· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. FernandesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-03-26· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. KellyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1973-08-23· cited 18×
- Rush v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1965-11-01· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. KerriganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-06-08· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. BeliardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-12-17· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. CamelioMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1973-05-15· cited 13×
- People v. TunnacliffMichigan Supreme Court· 1965-05-10· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. BestMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-01-19· cited 10×
- Clemmons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-12-07· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. AliciaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-07-21· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. PalermoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-07-11· cited 8×
- Moore v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1966-03-08· cited 7×
- State v. BrantSupreme Court of Iowa· 1978-07-26· cited 6×
- State v. HentschelSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1953-12-21· cited 5×
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Kirby v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1899-04-11· cited 343×
- Commonwealth v. CabotMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1922-03-14· cited 59×
- People v. KiefNew York Court of Appeals· 1891-05-05· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-05-28· cited 48×
- State of Kansas v. RobertsSupreme Court of Kansas· 1915-04-10· cited 46×
- Der Minasian v. Aetna Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1936-06-30· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. WoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-02-01· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. DiStasioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-12-01· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. SpezzaroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1925-01-08· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. JenskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1945-06-04· cited 22×
- Pilos v. First National Stores Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-05-03· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. CheneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1886-02-23· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. PasconeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-04-05· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. CliffordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-01-07· cited 17×
- Howard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1899-10-27· cited 15×
- Ogden v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court· 1860-06-15· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. LincolnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1872-10-15· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. HayesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1925-11-12· cited 5×
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