Massachusetts Appeals Court· 10/20/1986
Commonwealth v. Vaughn
Citations
- 498 N.E.2d 1072
- 23 Mass. App. Ct. 40
- 1986 Mass. App. LEXIS 1853
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- defendant entitled to required finding of not guilty where undisputed evidence showed that defendant was in jail at time of crime
- reasonable doubt created as matter of law by evidence of defendant’s incarceration
- despite eyewitness testimony, photographic evidence shows defendant could not have been perpetrator
- despite eyewitness testimony, photographic evidence shows defendant could not have been perpetrator
- eyewitness testimony contradicted by evidence of defendant's incarceration at time of incident
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Judges: Perretta, Kaplan, Fine
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16 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. O'LaughlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-03-10· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. ForteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-08-22· cited 65×
- Kater v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-08-01· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. MartinezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-11· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. QuallsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-12-15· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. CameranoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-03-26· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-12-29· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. BowieMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-11-18· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. MaiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-05-14· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. HuynhMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-10-28· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-02-28· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. SimsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-01-24· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. GlandenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-05-25· cited 2×
- Nhut Huynh v. RodenD. Massachusetts· 2011-03-07
- Commonwealth v. StapletonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-05-22
- COMMONWEALTH v. IRVIN I., a juvenile.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-07-13
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 8,442×
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-30· cited 202×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-06-21· cited 195×
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-15· cited 184×
- Commonwealth v. AmazeenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-04-20· cited 139×
- The People v. GardnerIllinois Supreme Court· 1966-11-14· cited 137×
- The PEOPLE v. McGeeIllinois Supreme Court· 1961-03-29· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. FrancisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-09-08· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. SevieriMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-03-27· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-02-04· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. McGannMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-05-15· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. WoodsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-11-20· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. FitzpatrickMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-05-04· cited 14×
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