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9 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1979–2015 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. Browngreen2 sentences2010Commonwealth v. Brown, 378 Mass. 165, 170-171 (1979). 2001Commmonwealth v. Brown, 378 Mass. 165, 170-171 (1979), and cases cited. | 2 | 2 |
Commonwealth v. Hortongreen2 sentences1980Commonwealth v. Horton, 376 Mass. 380, 401 (1978). 1979Commonwealth v. Horton, 376 Mass. 380, 401 (1978). | 2 | 2 |
Commonwealth v. Smithgreen1 sentence2015“In the absence of constitutional error, a motion for a new trial is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge,” Commonwealth v. Smith, 381 Mass. 141, 142 (1980), who may grant a new trial “if it appears that justice may not have been done.” Mass. R. | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Cintronred1 sentence2010A. Standard of Review Pursuant to Mass.R.Crim.P. 30(b), this court may order a new trial “at any time if it appears that justice has not been done.” “In the absence of constitutional error, the granting of a motion for a new trial. . . rests in the sound discretion of the judge.” Commonwealth v. Cintron, 435 Mass. 509, 517 (2001). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Shanleygreen1 sentence2010In the absence of constitutional error, “(t]he decision to grant a new trial is within the sound discretion of the motion judge who is entitled to special deference if he was also the trial judge.” Commonwealth v. Shanley, 455 Mass. 752, 767 (2010) (internal quotations omitted). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Freemangreen1 sentence1980See Commonwealth v. Harrington, 379 Mass. 446, 449 (1980); Commonwealth v. McLaughlin, 364 Mass. 211, 229 (1973); Commonwealth v. Freeman, 352 Mass. 556, 563-564 (1967). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Harringtongreen1 sentence1980See Commonwealth v. Harrington, 379 Mass. 446, 449 (1980); Commonwealth v. McLaughlin, 364 Mass. 211, 229 (1973); Commonwealth v. Freeman, 352 Mass. 556, 563-564 (1967). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. McLaughlingreen1 sentence1980See Commonwealth v. Harrington, 379 Mass. 446, 449 (1980); Commonwealth v. McLaughlin, 364 Mass. 211, 229 (1973); Commonwealth v. Freeman, 352 Mass. 556, 563-564 (1967). | 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. Grace
green
1 sentence1987Commonwealth v. Grace, 370 Mass. at 751 . | 1 | 1987–1987 |
Earl v. Commonwealth
green
1 sentence1980Earl, supra. Even in the absence of constitutional error, the motion judge has discretion to “set aside a verdict in order to prevent a miscarriage of justice when a decisive or pertinent point affecting substantial rights has not been raised by exception at the trial.” Dascalakis, supra at 25 . | 1 | 1980–1980 |
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.