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“we have viewed the circumstances of being shot, or witnessing a shooting, as sufficiently startling to impede normal reflective thought processes”
20 citation events (20 in the last 25 years) across 2 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Commonwealth v. Barbosa (mass, 2017-08-25)
Treatment trajectory · 2014 → 2026 · click a year to view as-of
2014 2020 2026
Top citers, strongest first. 10 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited as authority (quoted) Commonwealth v. Barbosa
Mass. · 2017 · signal: see · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence high
we have viewed the circumstances of being shot, or witnessing a shooting, as sufficiently startling to impede normal reflective thought processes
cited Cited "see" COMMONWEALTH v. RAJIV R., a Juvenile
Mass. · 2025 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Irene, 462 Mass. 600, 610 , cert. denied, 568 U.S. 968 (2012), quoting Doe v. Attorney Gen.
cited Cited "see" Commonwealth v. Moffat
Mass. · 2020 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Irene, 462 Mass. 600, 606 , cert. denied, 568 U.S. 968 (2012); Mass. G.
discussed Cited "see" Commonwealth v. McGann
Mass. · 2020 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Irene, 462 Mass. 600, 618 , cert. denied, 568 U.S. 968 (2012). 16 questions were improper, but argues that no substantial risk of a miscarriage of justice occurred because the prosecutor did not refer to the line of inquiry during closing argument and there was substantial evidence to support the Commonwealth's case.
discussed Cited "see" Commonwealth v. Bois
Mass. · 2016 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Irene, 462 Mass. 600, 616 , cert. denied, 568 U.S. 968 (2012) (medical records admissible as business records only to extent they are “germane to the defendant’s treatment or medical history”).
cited Cited "see" Commonwealth v. Strickland
Mass. App. Ct. · 2015 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Irene, 462 Mass. 600, 611-615 , cert, denied, 133 S. Ct. 487 (2012) (discussing standards for admitting medical records and opinions).
discussed Cited "see" Commonwealth v. Wall
Mass. · 2014 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Irene, 462 Mass. 600, 612 , cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 487 (2012), quoting Doyle v. Dong, 412 Mass. 682, 685 (1992) (“we have considered the contents of hospital records to be reliable, ‘because the entries relating to treatment and medical history are routinely made by those responsible for making accurate entries and are relied on in the course of treating patients’ ”).
cited Cited "see" Commonwealth v. Sullivan
Mass. · 2014 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Irene, 462 Mass. 600, 610 , cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 487 (2012), quoting Manning v. Boston Redev.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Commonwealth v. Imbert (2×)
Mass. · 2018 · signal: compare · confidence low
Compare Commonwealth v. Irene , 462 Mass. 600 , 607, 970 N.E.2d 291 , cert. denied, 568 U.S. 968 , 133 S.Ct. 487 , 184 L.Ed.2d 306 (2012) (utterance admissible where it occurred immediately after traumatic event); Commonwealth v. Linton , 456 Mass. 534 , 549, 924 N.E.2d 722 (2010) (utterance admissible where it occurred at least twenty minutes after traumatic event); Commonwealth v. Grant , 418 Mass. 76 , 81-82, 634 N.E.2d 565 (1994) (utterance admissible where it occurred sixty minutes after traumatic event), with Commonwealth v. DiMonte , 427 Mass. 233 , 239-240, 692 N.E.2d 45 (1998) (uttera…
cited Cited "see, e.g." Commonwealth v. Adonsoto
Mass. · 2016 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Commonwealth v. Irene, 462 Mass. 600 , 606 n.13, cert. denied, 133 S. Ct. 487 (2012).
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Irene
v.
Massachusetts
No. 12-6148.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 15, 2012.
568 U.S. 968

Sup. Jud. Ct. Mass. Certiorari denied.