Massachusetts Appeals Court· 12/8/1995
Commonwealth v. Whitlock
Citations
- 39 Mass. App. Ct. 514
- 658 N.E.2d 182
- 1995 Mass. App. LEXIS 854
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- violation of G. L. c. 278, § 11 A, taken in combination with other error, resulted in substantial miscarriage of justice
- attempts to conceal or dispose of contraband permit inference of possession when combined with proximity to contraband and knowledge of its location
- evidence of “attempts to conceal or dispose of contraband . . . permit an infer ence of unlawful possession”
- evidence of \attempts to conceal or dispose of contraband ... permit an inference of unlawful possession\
- evidence of \attempts to conceal or dispose of contraband . . . permit an inference of unlawful possession\
- constructive possession requires \evidence of dominating influence over the contraband\
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Judges: Greenberg
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16 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. VelasquezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-10-27· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. DuncanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-01-31· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. MedeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-02-11· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. CottoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-07-23· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. PolancoMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-02-20· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. HernandezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-07-02· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. AntonioMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-12-02· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. SummersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-09-07· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. CormierMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-08-09· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. McIntoshMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-10-08· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. AhartMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-05-04· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. GonsalvesMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-06-05· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. JordanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-11-01· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. SummersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-05-25
- Commonwealth v. CottonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2017-11-09
- Commonwealth v. ColemanMassachusetts Superior Court· 2005-06-09
Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. BrzezinskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-07-13· cited 153×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-12-14· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. ShelineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-02-24· cited 101×
- Commonwealth v. DiMarzoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-02-28· cited 77×
- Commonwealth v. AriasMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1990-12-18· cited 72×
- Commonwealth v. CancelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-17· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. LaPerleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-03-04· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. NicholsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1976-10-28· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. PinnickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-03-06· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. DeagleMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-09-29· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. BookerMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-10-01· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. ColonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-09-17· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. HandyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-06-26· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. WeaverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-07-03· cited 22×
- Commonwealth v. DennisMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1992-12-07· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. ClaudioMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-08-03· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. BurkettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1977-12-21· cited 15×
- Commonwealth v. BassettMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-03-24· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-12-03· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. ClaudioMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-07-15· cited 11×
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