Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/2/1963
Commonwealth v. Wallace
Citations
- 190 N.E.2d 224
- 346 Mass. 9
- 1963 Mass. LEXIS 545
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- sufficient evidence of wanton or reckless conduct where the safety of the firearm was off, the gun was ready to fire, and “the defendant knew this . . .”
- violation of G. L. c. 119, § 67, accompanied by lengthy questioning by police, an important factor in determining whether a confession or admission is voluntary.
- pointing loaded gun constituted reckless conduct chargeable as involuntary manslaughter
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Whittemore, Cutter, Kirk
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34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-10-07· cited 218×
- Commonwealth v. BorgesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-08-28· cited 162×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-08· cited 150×
- Commonwealth v. CampbellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-04-27· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. EarltopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-03-21· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. CruzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-11-17· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-12-15· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. BottariMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-08-28· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. RembiszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-03-15· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. McCauleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-04-07· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-11-02· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. LeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-05-05· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-07-02· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. BrillanteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-02-05· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. SandersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-12-10· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. GrantMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-02-13· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. BreenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-05-05· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-02-22· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. WardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-12-17· cited 19×
Cites
13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-06-05· cited 283×
- Commonwealth v. ChanceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1899-09-07· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-07-03· cited 81×
- Commonwealth v. BorisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-12-01· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. DevereauxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-06-09· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. AtencioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-03-28· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. SnyderMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1933-03-30· cited 45×
- Mendelsohn v. Leather Manufacturing Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1950-07-06· cited 42×
- Rocco v. Boston-Leader, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-01-04· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. HolmesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-06-11· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. BouvierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-06-12· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. HaywoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1923-11-28· cited 38×
- Brown v. Metropolitan Transit AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-02-02· cited 16×
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