Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/14/2014
Commonwealth v. Vincent
Citations
- 469 Mass. 786
- 17 N.E.3d 1045
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding trial judge did not err in finding “defendant’s statements concerning possibly needing or wanting a lawyer were ambiguous and equivocal” when defendant continued to talk about incident without hesitation after making statements (quotation omitted)
- statement not suppressed where defendant asked officers whether he “should get a lawyer” and said, “I think I might need [a lawyer],” and continued volunteering information about incident
- “defendant’s statements concerning possibly needing or wanting a lawyer were ambiguous and equivocal, and would not reasonably be understood in the circumstance to constitute an invocation of the right to counsel” [quotations and citation omitted]
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Judges: Ireland, Spina, Gants, Duffly, Lenk
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5 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. VargasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2016-08-30· cited 56×
- State v. Kevin LynchSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2017-03-10· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. Jeremy LibbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-06-26· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. McLeodMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-03-22
- Commonwealth v. MontanezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-22
Cites
26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
- Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court· 1977-05-16· cited 2,626×
- Commonwealth v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-15· cited 357×
- Commonwealth v. GroomeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-10-05· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. SmallwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-03· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. PraterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-06-15· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. RosarioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-02-12· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. CorriveauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-12-11· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. ClarkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-01-13· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. TremblayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-07-20· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. HiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-03-09· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. PeixotoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-01-25· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. FrankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-01-12· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. BayeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-05-21· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. PerryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-08-02· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. HiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-12-06· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. MorgantiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-02-12· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. DuboisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-03-31· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. ToddMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-12-03· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-04-29· cited 30×
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