Commonwealth v. Weaver

How courts have described this case

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

• declining to expand corroboration rule to require evidence, beyond confession, linking defendant to crime

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Weaver v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 2017-06-22· cited 717×
• People v. Sivongxxay
  California Supreme Court· 2017-06-19· cited 153×
• Commonwealth v. Quinones
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-04-10· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Gallett
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2019-03-20· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-03-15· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Franceschi
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-12-27· cited 3×
• COMMONWEALTH v. DOMINIC SHINER.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-06-15· cited 3×
• COMMONWEALTH v. STANLEY S., a juvenile.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-10-01· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Green
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-09-27
• Commonwealth v. Spring
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-12-05
• Commonwealth v. Tavares
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-05-06
• Commonwealth v. Robinson
  Massachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County· 2017-01-06
• Commonwealth v. Lora
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-06-24
• Commonwealth v. Tyrone Strong
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2024-12-19
• Commonwealth v. Peter Schap
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2025-09-22

Cites

68 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Waller v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-21· cited 2,166×
• Commonwealth v. Saferian
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-07-30· cited 1,208×
• United States v. Marcus
  Supreme Court· 2010-05-24· cited 935×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-01-15· cited 357×
• Commonwealth v. Lanigan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-11-18· cited 289×
• Commonwealth v. Randolph
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-12-19· cited 273×
• Commonwealth v. Scott
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-01-08· cited 225×
• Commonwealth v. DiGiambattista
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-08-16· cited 167×
• Commonwealth v. Jimenez
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2002-12-12· cited 163×
• Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-12-24· cited 159×
• Canavan's Case
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-08-17· cited 128×
• Commonwealth v. Paszko
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-14· cited 118×
• Commonwealth v. Cohen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-02-17· cited 116×
• Commonwealth v. Forde
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-07-11· cited 93×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-08-20· cited 88×
• Commonwealth v. Berry
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-04-14· cited 87×
• Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District Commonwealth v. Roberio
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-03-23· cited 74×
• Commonwealth v. Daniels
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-01-07· cited 72×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2011-12-02· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Allen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-07-23· cited 68×