Massachusetts Appeals Court· 6/15/1982
Commonwealth v. Ward
Citations
- 436 N.E.2d 439
- 14 Mass. App. Ct. 37
- 1982 Mass. App. LEXIS 1353
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- defendant experienced financial problems, was in the building shortly before the fire’s outbreak and made misleading statements
- circumstantial evidence supported conviction for arson where fire was intentionally set, defendant lied to investigators when he denied he burned room, and defendant received financial benefit from fire
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Judges: Hale, Cutter, Grant
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. JacobsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-04-22· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. CardenutoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-01-16· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. ShumanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-01-27· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. CorbettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1989-01-19· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-09-04· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. HindsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-10-26· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. IanelliMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-02-27· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. CheryMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-02-17· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. LanaganMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2002-12-05· cited 1×
Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. KelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-15· cited 184×
- Commonwealth v. RhoadesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-02-19· cited 95×
- Commonwealth v. BestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-05· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. ImbrugliaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-02· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. NiziolekMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-05-02· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. VellucciMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1933-11-27· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1951-07-26· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. WalterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-07-11· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. DunphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-07· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. BjorkmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-11-14· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. SokorelisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-01-12· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. SelesnickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-07-16· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. MathewsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-09-11· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. GeogheganMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-11-06· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. RisemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-10-16· cited 5×
- Graham v. Board of Public WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-03-26· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. DeRomeMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-07-03· cited 1×
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