Massachusetts Appeals Court· 3/3/1983
Commonwealth v. Ward
Citations
- 446 N.E.2d 89
- 15 Mass. App. Ct. 400
- 1983 Mass. App. LEXIS 1236
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- improperio ask question designed to cause one witness to characterize another’s testimony as lying
- improper question put to defendant that asked him to explain inconsistency between his own testimony and that of Commonwealth’s witness elicited a response that did not characterize the witness’s testimony as true or false
- one improper question did not result in prejudicial error
- single improper question did not require reversal
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Judges: Brown, Rose, Smith
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27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. AlphasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-07-07· cited 290×
- State v. SinghSupreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-03-26· cited 212×
- Commonwealth v. TriplettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-11-18· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. MacKenzieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-08-21· cited 61×
- Jenner v. LeapleySouth Dakota Supreme Court· 1994-08-31· cited 43×
- State v. HarveyConnecticut Appellate Court· 1992-03-24· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. LongMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-04-05· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. DickinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-05-06· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. FlanaganMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-07-29· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-03-26· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. KreponMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-04-28· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. TorresMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-09-10· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. PowersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-02-17· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. PaganoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-06-03· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. KinesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-10-24· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. ElamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-05-07· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. CollettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-11-09· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-10-08· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-08-19· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. MontaninoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-04-17· cited 2×
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