Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/1/1975
Commonwealth v. White
Citations
- 325 N.E.2d 575
- 367 Mass. 280
- 1975 Mass. LEXIS 840
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- judge did not err in permitting prosecutor to ask questions based on prosecutor's pretrial interview with witness even though prosecutor could only have introduced admissible evidence of that interview by withdrawing from case and becoming witness
- “‘the attempt to communicate impressions by innuendo through questions which are answered in the negative . . . when the questioner has no evidence to support the innuendo, is an improper tactic which has often been condemned by the courts’”
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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Braugher, Kaplan, Wilkins
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43 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-09-20· cited 196×
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-25· cited 176×
- Commonwealth v. BiancoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-09· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. SmallwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-03-03· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. FordhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-02-08· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. ErringtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-01-25· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. ChristianMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-01-14· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-03-18· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. MartinezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-04-10· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. KeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-06-27· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-05-16· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. LongMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-04-05· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. WomackMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-07-13· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. HartMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-10-20· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. MahoneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-07-29· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. HoganMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-11-25· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-03-26· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. AldenMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-06-21· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-12-07· cited 17×
- State v. BartlettNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 1981-01-29· cited 14×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Nelson v. O'NEILSupreme Court· 1971-06-01· cited 427×
- Commonwealth v. ValliereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-12-11· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. DevereauxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-06-09· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. GranitoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1950-11-30· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. FestoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1925-02-24· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. MarshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-11-29· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. DeMasiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-06-05· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1974-05-16· cited 6×
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