Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/12/2015
Commonwealth v. Vaughn
Citations
- 471 Mass. 398
- 30 N.E.3d 76
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- articulating reason for acceptance or rejection of affidavit enables appellate court to determine whether judge acted within discretion
- appellate court looks to judge's \reasons for accepting or rejecting a particular affidavit\ to assess \whether the judge 13 acted within his or her discretion\ in denying motion for new trial
- judge warranted in rejecting defense counsel's report of sleeping juror where counsel's description was empty, his claim that prosecutor also saw incident was not affirmed by prosecutor, and judge made his own observations
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Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly
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- Commonwealth v. VillalobosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-05-27· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-05-26· cited 2×
- COMMONWEALTH v. RALPH R., a juvenile.Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-08-23· cited 2×
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- Commonwealth v. JeannisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-12
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-07-11
- Commonwealth v. ProulxMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-16
- Commonwealth v. BangertMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-10-18
- Commonwealth v. MorrisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-02-07
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonMassachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County· 2017-01-06
- Commonwealth v. ShakespeareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-11-30
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Cites
30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1959-06-15· cited 4,234×
- Commonwealth v. SaferianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
- Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-04-15· cited 371×
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-15· cited 357×
- Commonwealth v. StewartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-04-01· cited 164×
- Commonwealth v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-02-12· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. GoodreauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-08-12· cited 93×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-30· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. BrittoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-30· cited 80×
- Commonwealth v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-06-04· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. PerezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-11-20· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. MarshallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-06-20· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. HaleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-12-11· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-11-16· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. SielickiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-03-12· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. BenecheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-09-20· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. DuranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-09-13· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. RzepphiewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-14· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. ChatmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-09-03· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-08-15· cited 27×
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