Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 5/5/1980
Commonwealth v. Wood
Citations
- 404 N.E.2d 1223
- 380 Mass. 545
- 1980 Mass. LEXIS 1134
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- judge's erroneous instruction that reasonable doubt is \that doubt which amounts to a moral certainty\ amounted to substantial risk of miscarriage of justice
- at a minimum, embellished instruction on reasonable doubt “left the jury badly confused”
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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Braucher, Kaplan, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams
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49 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-01-29· cited 315×
- Commonwealth v. DwyerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-12-29· cited 126×
- Commonwealth v. PisaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-13· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. RepozaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-07-23· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. CancelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-04-17· cited 70×
- Commonwealth v. MosbyMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-12-12· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. AcevedoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-07-02· cited 62×
- State v. DelVecchioSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-09-13· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. GrantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-06-09· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. PinckneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1995-01-19· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. FordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-04-11· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. BeverlyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-08-12· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. CrawfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1994-03-21· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. RichardsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-08-20· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. HamiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-12-05· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. LeonardiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-12-10· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. AtkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-24· cited 32×
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1982-01-25· cited 31×
- State v. DesrosiersSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1989-06-05· cited 30×
- Commonwealth vs. a JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-11-13· cited 28×
Cites
19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-06-01· cited 628×
- Commonwealth v. DelgadoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-18· cited 188×
- United States v. Irie E. Leonard, United States of America v. James L. SarvisD.C. Circuit· 1974-01-31· cited 150×
- Commonwealth v. GarciaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-08· cited 150×
- Commonwealth v. FerreiraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-22· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. DickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-06-20· cited 148×
- Richard Dunn v. Everett I. Perrin, Jr., Laurence Black v. Edward CoxFirst Circuit· 1978-02-02· cited 127×
- Commonwealth v. ChalifouxMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-01-15· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-06-11· cited 110×
- Connolly v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-16· cited 79×
- Commonwealth v. CanonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-10-19· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. TaborMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-13· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. TherrienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-10-14· cited 57×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-08-24· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. PettieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-07-16· cited 48×
- United States v. Paul MacDonaldFirst Circuit· 1972-05-30· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. GeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-11-04· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. CorcioneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-02-15· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. WoodMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-04-24· cited 9×
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