Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/16/1986
Commonwealth v. Walter
Citations
- 487 N.E.2d 513
- 396 Mass. 549
- 1986 Mass. LEXIS 1131
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that cases finding genuine conflict from simultaneous representation of prosecution witness involved witnesses who “gave evidence concerning a critical issue in the case against the defendant”
- no conflict of interest where defense counsel represented scheduled witness who did not ultimately testify
- potential, but not actual, conflict where defense counsel represented possible defense witness
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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, Lynch
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23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. CurtisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-05-02· cited 160×
- Fogarty v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-11-16· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. ShraiarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-03-06· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. MartinezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-07-11· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. PattersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-12-06· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. FilippidakisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-01-07· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. BurbankMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-03-08· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. JordanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-08-10· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. MillerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-10-11· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. EdwardMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-05-24· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. ClementsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-03-08· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. MilleyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-11-02· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. TetiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-01-06· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. BonefontMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-07-29· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. VieiraMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-01-23· cited 1×
- Addamax Corp. v. Open Software Foundation, Inc.D. Massachusetts· 1993-11-04· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. CousinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-01-11
- Commonwealth v. StallingsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-07-11
- Commonwealth v. MwangiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-07-23
- Commonwealth v. ErilusMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-11-16
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. MahnkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-10-07· cited 218×
- United States v. Garland JeffersSeventh Circuit· 1975-08-28· cited 146×
- Commonwealth v. HodgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-05-07· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-02-15· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-11· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. SoffenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-06· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. BolducMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-28· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. MichelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-04· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. CobbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. ConnorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-05· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. HurleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-07· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. PiresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-07-12· cited 21×
- Massachusetts v. HurleySupreme Court· 1980-10-06· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. EdgerlyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-09-09· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. LeslieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-11-16· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. HurleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-09· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. CoteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-03-08· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. WalterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-12-05· cited 4×
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