Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1/8/2010
Commonwealth v. Williams
Citations
- 455 Mass. 706
- 919 N.E.2d 685
- 2010 Mass. LEXIS 7
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that defendant was not entitled to suppression of results of DNA testing because defendant failed to make threshold showing that the inability to observe the DNA testing deprived him of exculpatory evidence
- at defendant’s request, trial judge gave jury instruction that focused on Commonwealth’s failure to conduct tests with defense expert present
- “defendant was unable to demonstrate a reasonable possibility that the lost opportunity to observe the testing [of a blood sample] was exculpatory”
- \defendant was unable to demonstrate a reasonable possibility that the lost opportunity to observe the testing [of a blood sample] was exculpatory\
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Judges: Botsford
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Cites
26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 6,537×
- United States v. Carlton E. Bryant, United States of America v. William E. TurnerD.C. Circuit· 1971-01-29· cited 450×
- Commonwealth v. BowdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 300×
- Commonwealth v. TucceriMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-04-09· cited 145×
- Commonwealth v. EllisonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-07-18· cited 140×
- Commonwealth v. O'DayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-11-07· cited 115×
- United States v. Michael Joseph Arra, Steven Scott Aschinger, and Overton Baker PettitFirst Circuit· 1980-08-21· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. WillieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-07-09· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. NealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-05-21· cited 88×
- Commonwealth v. OlszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-12-30· cited 82×
- Gath v. M/A-Com, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-12-08· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. ClementeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-09-05· cited 66×
- State v. MichenerCourt of Appeals of Oregon· 1976-06-01· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. OlszewskiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-03-03· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. PisaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-05-16· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. CharlesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-03-06· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. KeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2007-07-20· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. HealyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-02-13· cited 38×
- Scott v. GarfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-09-15· cited 30×
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