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5 Massachusetts opinions name it 2 courts 1985–2018 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Lamprongreen1 sentence2005See Lam, supra at 230-231 n.9 (“The policy goals of the two rules differ, as do the procedures they require”). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Wooldridgegreen2 sentences1993The trial judge was wrong to overlook the question of the defendant’s understanding of defense counsel’s representation of the parents of a prosecution witness — the safer course would have been to follow the teaching of Commonwealth v. Davis, 376 Mass. 777, 784 (1978) (where joint representation of defendants was at issue) that “in all criminal actions commencing after the publication date of this opinion, the trial court’s obligation to ensure a fair and impartial trial will include an affirmative duty to assure that [the] defendant is adequately informed of the risks ... [of a potential con 1993The trial judge was wrong to overlook the question of the defendant’s understanding of defense counsel’s representation of the parents of a prosecution witness — the safer course would have been to follow the teaching of Commonwealth v. Davis, 376 Mass. 777, 784 (1978) (where joint representation of defendants was at issue) that “in all criminal actions commencing after the publication date of this opinion, the trial court’s obligation to ensure a fair and impartial trial will include an affirmative duty to assure that [the] defendant is adequately informed of the risks ... [of a potential con | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Davisgreen1 sentence1993The trial judge was wrong to overlook the question of the defendant’s understanding of defense counsel’s representation of the parents of a prosecution witness — the safer course would have been to follow the teaching of Commonwealth v. Davis, 376 Mass. 777, 784 (1978) (where joint representation of defendants was at issue) that “in all criminal actions commencing after the publication date of this opinion, the trial court’s obligation to ensure a fair and impartial trial will include an affirmative duty to assure that [the] defendant is adequately informed of the risks ... [of a potential con | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Morrowgreen1 sentence1986Therefore, we think it would be better practice for the judge to ask the questions, just as we think it would be better practice to include specific inquiry as to the defendant’s understanding waiver of the three constitutional rights.” Commonwealth v. Morrow, 363 Mass. 601, 605 (1973). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. DeJesus
green
1 sentence2018This understanding of the rule finds support in the case law as well; in Commonwealth v. DeJesus , 440 Mass. 147 , 152 (2003), the Supreme Judicial Court stated that in order for a motion to revise or revoke to be "properly filed," the motion "must be accompanied by an affidavit, or otherwise indicate the grounds upon which [the motion] is based " (emphasis supplied). | 1 | 2018–2018 |
Ronald Maynard v. Larry Meachum
green
1 sentence1985Maynard v. Meachum, supra at 278 . | 1 | 1985–1985 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.