Massachusetts Appeals Court· 3/20/2009
Commonwealth v. Williams
Citations
- 73 Mass. App. Ct. 833
- 903 N.E.2d 222
- 2009 Mass. App. LEXIS 357
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- after bench trial, judge 12 improperly amended count charging operating motor vehicle so as to endanger to motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation
- may not use caption to justify amendment of complaint after trial to include new form of vehicular homicide with additional elements and more severe maximum sentence
- judge erred by amending criminal complaint after trial in a way that both enhanced the sanctions that the defendant faced and added an element to the charged crime
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Judges: Fecteau
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5 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. SullivanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-07-30· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. GuamanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-08-17· cited 9×
- Commonwealth v. BuckleyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-01-15· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. PearsonMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-06-24· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. WalshMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2018-07-27
Cites
29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- United States v. Jose P. FlorescaFourth Circuit· 1994-10-27· cited 207×
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-30· cited 202×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteheadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-30· cited 91×
- Commonwealth v. SnowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-01-06· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. RiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-05-14· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. SitkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-04-04· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. DoweMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-12-27· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. ConstantinoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-02-25· cited 46×
- Commonwealth v. HayesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-02-25· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. MirandaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-05-27· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. BurnsMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-08-01· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. FernandesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-12-30· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. DiazMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1984-11-29· cited 36×
- Fadden v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-11-13· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. BracyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-01-27· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. LovettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-02-16· cited 29×
- Commonwealth v. DonoghueMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-11-07· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-11-27· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-05-10· cited 24×
- Martinez v. MassachusettsSupreme Court· 2000-06-29· cited 24×
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