Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/13/1975
Commonwealth v. Torres
Citations
- 327 N.E.2d 871
- 367 Mass. 737
- 1975 Mass. LEXIS 895
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- evidence of pretrial identification “should be given probative value” even where no identification is made at trial
- “The photograph was offered by the Commonwealth to prove its case, and the defendant’s concessions did not make it inadmissible”
- “[sjingle person identification procedures are constitutionally suspect”
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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Qunuco, Hennessey, Wilkins
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58 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-20· cited 196×
- Commonwealth v. BotelhoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-03-05· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-26· cited 122×
- Commonwealth v. PaszkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-14· cited 118×
- Commonwealth v. BysMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-05-28· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. SwensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-06-30· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. MacDonald (No. 1)Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-07-22· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. McGaheeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-01-24· cited 78×
- Nance v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-08-23· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. WeichellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-09-02· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. MariniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-26· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. SimpsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-09· cited 60×
- State v. FreberSupreme Court of Florida· 1978-12-21· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. SineiroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-12-01· cited 51×
- Bedford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-03-24· cited 49×
- State v. LongSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1985-02-28· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. SantosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-07-11· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. BlaneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-11-17· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-05-15· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-02-27· cited 30×
Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court· 1972-12-06· cited 7,056×
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 6,066×
- Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 3,797×
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Malcus T. Clemons v. United States of America, David E. Clark v. United States of America, Alvin C. Hines v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1968-12-06· cited 373×
- Raymond Palmer v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryFourth Circuit· 1966-04-06· cited 199×
- Commonwealth v. ChalifouxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-01-15· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. D'AGOSTINOMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-05-07· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. RedmondMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-05-01· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. VanetzianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1966-04-04· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. ValcourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-03-09· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. LockeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-12-04· cited 42×
- United States of America Ex Rel. James R. Riffert v. Alfred T. Rundle, SuperintendentThird Circuit· 1972-07-11· cited 25×
- Jimmie Curtis Roper v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsFifth Circuit· 1972-02-01· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. ThompsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-07-25· cited 18×
- United States v. Mickey John RyanFifth Circuit· 1973-05-15· cited 14×
- People v. BradleyAppellate Court of Illinois· 1973-06-04· cited 10×
- Riffert v. JohnsonSupreme Court· 1974-02-19· cited 8×
- People v. StearnsCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1971-01-08· cited 6×
- United States of America Ex Rel. Francis Marino H-9391 v. Alfred T. Rundle, Superintendent, State Correctional Institution, Graterford, PennsylvaniaThird Circuit· 1972-06-27· cited 3×
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