13 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1989–2025 1 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 |
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Moore's Casegreen1 sentence2009The Appeals Court has suggested that the 1985 amendment regarding recreational activity “replaced” the approach adopted in Moore’s Case, 330 Mass. 1, 4-5 (1953). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Dodgegreen1 sentence1999The current statute makes no provision for review of a prosecutor’s decision to try the juvenile as an adult. “ ‘[W]e must read the statute in a way to give it a sensible meaning.’ Beeler v. Downey, [ 387 Mass. 609, 616 (1982)], citing Lexington v. Bedford, 378 Mass. 562, 570 (1979).” Commonwealth v. Dodge, 428 Mass. 860, 865 (1999). | 1 | 1 |
Beeler v. Downeygreen1 sentence1999The current statute makes no provision for review of a prosecutor’s decision to try the juvenile as an adult. “ ‘[W]e must read the statute in a way to give it a sensible meaning.’ Beeler v. Downey, [ 387 Mass. 609, 616 (1982)], citing Lexington v. Bedford, 378 Mass. 562, 570 (1979).” Commonwealth v. Dodge, 428 Mass. 860, 865 (1999). | 1 | 1 |
Town of Lexington v. Town of Bedfordgreen1 sentence1999The current statute makes no provision for review of a prosecutor’s decision to try the juvenile as an adult. “ ‘[W]e must read the statute in a way to give it a sensible meaning.’ Beeler v. Downey, [ 387 Mass. 609, 616 (1982)], citing Lexington v. Bedford, 378 Mass. 562, 570 (1979).” Commonwealth v. Dodge, 428 Mass. 860, 865 (1999). | 1 | 1 |
Ciummei v. Commonwealthgreen1 sentence1998See Ciummei v. Commonwealth, 378 Mass. 504, 509-510 (1979). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Wrightgreen1 sentence1992L. c. 278, § 33E] whether there was an error . . . and, if there was, whether that error was likely to have influenced the jury’s conclusion.” Commonwealth v. Wright, 411 Mass. 678, 682 (1992). (a) The defendant’s absence when the judge conducted an inquiry into the possible discharge of a deliberating juror provides no basis for relief. | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Coughlingreen1 sentence1990Upon the defendant’s late appearance, the judge conducted a hearing and, concluding that the defendant’s default was “solid” in the sense of Commonwealth v. Coughlin, 372 Mass. 818, 821 (1977), revoked his bail and imposed the bench-trial sentences pursuant to G. | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Tirrellgreen1 sentence1989In the course of explaining to the defendant the consequences of his plea, the judge requested the defendant’s “blue sheets” or criminal record. 1 See Commonwealth v. Tirrell, 382 Mass. 502, 510 (1981) (the defendant must consider his prior record when weighing his decision to plead or go to trial). | 1 | 1 |
Malchanoff v. Truehartgreen1 sentence1989Rockwood does not dispute that the witness showed at voir dire a “capacity to understand and communicate coupled with a consciousness of the duty to speak the truth.” See Malchanoff v. Truehart, 354 Mass. 118, 120-121 (1968). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood
green
1 sentence2025However, the judge concluded that Paul B.'s affidavit offered nothing to support a challenge for cause based on information that Karl was affiliated with a gang two and one-half years before the defendants' trial. [16] The article also referenced Karl's arrest in July of that year "for a daylight brawl on the steps of Dorchester District Court." [17] In formulating the Amirault standard for analyzing juror dishonesty, this court discussed the test articulated by a plurality of the United States Supreme Court in McDonough Power Equip., Inc. v. Greenwood, 464 U.S. 548 (1984) (McDonough). | 1 | 2025–2025 |
Commonwealth v. Martin
green
2 sentences2018The judge conducted a hearing pursuant to Commonwealth v. Martin , 423 Mass. 496 , 504-505, 668 N.E.2d 825 (1996), after which he determined that Karen had properly invoked her Fifth Amendment right and would not be compelled to testify. 2018The judge conducted a hearing pursuant to Commonwealth v. Martin , 423 Mass. 496 , 504-505, 668 N.E.2d 825 (1996), after which he determined that Karen had properly invoked her Fifth Amendment right and would not be compelled to testify. | 1 | 2018–2018 |
McNeil v. Commissioner of Correction
green
1 sentence2011Sentencing counsel for DOC testified that DOC could not award the Rhode Island good time earned before the Massachusetts sentencing in August, 2006, because until then, the defendant occupied the status of a pretrial detainee ineligible for credit under the rule of McNeil v. Commissioner of Correction, 417 Mass. at 826 . | 1 | 2011–2011 |
Linthicum v. Archambault
green
1 sentence2004The judge conducted a hearing on attorney’s fees, and wrote a detailed memorandum of his decision awarding attorney’s fees, citing Linthicum v. Archambault, 379 Mass. 381 (1979). | 1 | 2004–2004 |
Commonwealth v. Connor
green
1 sentence2003In its decision requiring a reversal of Connor’s convictions, the court was justifiably concerned that the judge conducted no hearing prior to the discharge and made no findings establishing “good cause.” Id. at 846 . | 1 | 2003–2003 |
FOMMONWEALTH v. McDonald
green
1 sentence1998The excludable period under rule 36 for delays resulting from pretrial motions is intended to run “from the date on which the request for hearing on the pretrial motion is filed, or, if no such request is filed, from the date the hearing is ordered, until the conclusion of the hearing.” Commonwealth v. McDonald, 21 Mass. App. Ct. at 371 , quoting from Reporters’ Notes to Mass. R.Crim.P. 36, Mass. Ann. | 1 | 1998–1998 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
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.