Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2/23/1990
Commonwealth v. Ward
Citations
- 550 N.E.2d 398
- 28 Mass. App. Ct. 292
- 1990 Mass. App. LEXIS 106
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- reversible error where prosecutor “sounded a persistent theme that the jury had a duty to confront crime in the streets bravely and to avenge the wrong done to the victim”
- to counteract “poisonous effect,” curative instructions must be directed against the improper comments
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Judges: Armstrong, Cutter, Kass
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27 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. RobertsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-12-14· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. RidgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-11-10· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. McLeodMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-05-07· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. MathewsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-11-20· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. VazquezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-12-19· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. McCaffreyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-06-01· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. PinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-10-20· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. GriffithMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-11-20· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. WorcesterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-02-05· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. McCoyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-09-15· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. SaundersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-10-20· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. DeveauMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-01-14· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. LassiterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2011-08-16· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. WojcikMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-10-08· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. HollieMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-08-05· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. MejiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2012-08-21· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-02-05· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-09-01· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. CameronMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-09-12· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. CaswellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-06-16· cited 5×
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Commonwealth v. KozecMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-03-24· cited 348×
- Commonwealth v. EarltopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-03-21· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. ShelleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-02-23· cited 115×
- Commonwealth v. ClaryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-29· cited 114×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-01-11· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. SanchezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-11· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. PalmarielloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-06-01· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. SevieriMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-03-27· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. RossiMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-01-28· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. CobbMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-08-10· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. AchornMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-01-08· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. PorterMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-09-14· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. BarrosMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-08-05· cited 3×
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