Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/24/1987
Commonwealth v. Young
Citations
- 505 N.E.2d 186
- 399 Mass. 527
- 1987 Mass. LEXIS 1212
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- distinguishing between permissible general comments on a defendant's courtroom demeanor and improper comments on demeanor that encourage an inference of guilt, stating that \a prosecutor should never argue that an inference of guilt should be drawn from proper conduct\
- prosecutor’s closing argument improperly urged jurors to draw adverse inferences from defendant’s silence at trial
- improper to argue negative inference against defendant \from the fact that he sat quietly throughout the trial\
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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, Lynch, O'Connor
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. CordeiroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-03-10· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-05-14· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. SherickMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-12-16· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. DuncanMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-01-31· cited 28×
- State v. SenaNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2018-05-25· cited 28×
- Commonwealth v. DuncanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-04-11· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. MoraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-04-21· cited 21×
- Commonwealth v. RogersMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1997-11-13· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. WilcoxMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2008-08-12· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. GruningMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-05-26· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-06-08· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. McCrayMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1996-05-28· cited 2×
- State v. SenaNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2018-02-14
- Commonwealth v. MoffatMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2020-11-12
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. BorodineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-08-23· cited 155×
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-02-03· cited 152×
- Commonwealth v. ConnorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-08-21· cited 138×
- United States v. Anthony F. WrightD.C. Circuit· 1973-12-27· cited 130×
- Commonwealth v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-01-11· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. KaterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-23· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. ValliereMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-12-11· cited 75×
- Commonwealth v. CobbMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-03-01· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-08-24· cited 51×
- David Young, Jr. v. William CallahanFirst Circuit· 1983-02-16· cited 18×
- United States v. Clarence Hill and Julius Wilkerson A/K/A Moon, and Clarence Diggs,defendants-AppellantsFifth Circuit· 1975-04-01· cited 17×
- Charles Cunningham v. E. P. Perini, Supt.Sixth Circuit· 1981-07-27· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. YoungMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-06-26· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. PullumMassachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-07-07· cited 5×
- Wilkerson v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1975-10-06· cited 1×
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