Commonwealth v. Ward

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• juvenile of sixteen years signed Miranda card and his mother said she thought her son understood his rights
• juvenile and his mother were read rights and both indicated they understood them; when offered the opportunity for consultation, mother and son decided no consultation was necessary
• police not required expressly to advise juvenile and adult that they may confer privately
• “We have no confidence that any particular charge on the consequences of a verdict of not guilty by reason of [lack of criminal responsibility] will provide just the right information to the jury”
• “Surely, the police may not deny them that right [to confer in private]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Alfonso A.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-01-06· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. DiBenedetto
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-05-08· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Johnston
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-04-08· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Philip S.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-04-12· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Biancardi
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-11-07· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Leon L.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-10-15· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Guthrie G.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-06-05· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. PHILIP S.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-06-24· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Pacheco
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2015-04-17· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. St. Gelais
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1997-11-13

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Mutina
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-02-11· cited 128×
• Commonwealth v. a Juvenile
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-10· cited 77×
• In re E. T. C.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1982-06-24· cited 60×
• Hall v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1976-05-10· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. McDermott
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-12-11· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Berry
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-05-07· cited 21×
• Bluitt v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1978-10-13· cited 17×
• Ward v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-05-16· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Loring
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-11-09· cited 6×