Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 12/9/1977
Commonwealth v. Watkins
Citations
- 370 N.E.2d 701
- 373 Mass. 849
- 1977 Mass. LEXIS 1143
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- defendant's statement after stabbing that he would \kill anyone who came in\ room was evidence of deliberate premeditation
- defendant’s statement after stabbing that he would “kill anyone who came in” room was evidence of deliberate premeditation
- verdict not reduced where evidence showed that during argument defendant ran to another room, retrieved knife, returned, and stabbed victim
- even assuming judge’s abuse of discretion in admitting testimony of witnesses who violated sequestration order, no prejudice to defendant ensued where the three witnesses testified about different events
- evidence that defendant went to kitchen, picked up knife, and returned to stab victim was sufficient to prove deliberate premeditation
- no prejudice because the “witnesses testified to different events, from different vantage points, and their accounts were not entirely consistent with each other”
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Judges: Hennessey, Braucher, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams
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20 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
- Commonwealth v. SoaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-08· cited 576×
- Commonwealth v. DouganMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-02-14· cited 90×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-11-13· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. PopeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-07-13· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. GamboraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-09-02· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. GuyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-02-25· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. KeohaneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-07-01· cited 36×
- Theodis Watkins v. Joseph PonteFirst Circuit· 1993-03-03· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. CruzadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-08-10· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. SalazarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-12-14· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-05-17· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. RichardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-01-09· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. FarleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-07-25· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-05-14· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. AhartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-03-01· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. BonnerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-10-26· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. McGeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-07-01· cited 3×
- Watkins v. PonteFirst Circuit· 1993-03-03
- Commonwealth v. CantrellMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-12-26
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. VanderpoolMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-05-14· cited 122×
- Commonwealth v. CaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-11-13· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. ZukoskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-04-02· cited 77×
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1959-01-20· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. ReddickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-04-29· cited 33×
- McAlister v. MassachusettsSupreme Court· 1975-01-13· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. StillwellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-12· cited 13×
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