Commonwealth v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding condition that the probationer refrain from any use of alcohol even though his criminal case did not involve any evidence of alcohol use or abuse
• alcohol-free condition of probation permissible when reasonably related to characteristics of defendant and underlying crime
• goals of probation include “deterrence of unlawful conduct, the protection of the public, and rehabilitation of the probationer as well as punishment and retribution”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wilfong v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2004-12-10· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Eldred
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2018-07-16· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Ericson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-05-23· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Morales
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2007-12-13· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Pineiro
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-08-22
• TOWN OF BOURNE v. FRANCIS J. COFFEY, individually and as personal representative.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2022-08-12

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Pike
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-11-19· cited 135×
• Commonwealth v. Power
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-05-18· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Lapointe
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-12-11· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Fallon
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-12-28· cited 8×