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9 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1975–2023 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 |
|---|---|---|
Commonwealth v. Dunkergreen2 sentences1991Com *162 monwealth v. Dunker, 363 Mass. 792 (1973). 1978See Commonwealth v. Dunker, 363 Mass. 792, 798-800 (1973). 4. | 2 | 3 |
Commonwealth v. Fernandesgreen1 sentence2023See Commonwealth v. Chambers, 93 Mass. App. Ct. 806, 822 (2018); Commonwealth v. Fernandes, 436 Mass. 671, 674 (2002) (prosecutor may use closing argument to respond to defense counsel's characterization of evidence). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Chambersgreen1 sentence2023See Commonwealth v. Chambers, 93 Mass. App. Ct. 806, 822 (2018); Commonwealth v. Fernandes, 436 Mass. 671, 674 (2002) (prosecutor may use closing argument to respond to defense counsel's characterization of evidence). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. DiGiambattistagreen1 sentence2012See Commonwealth v. DiGiambattista, 442 Mass. 423, 440-441 (2004). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. Cheekgreen1 sentence1991Her cross-examination and closing were not improper merely because they may have “reflect[ed] adversely on the trial tactics of the defense.” Commonwealth v. Cheek, 374 Mass. 613, 619 (1978). | 1 | 1 |
Commonwealth v. MacDonald (No. 1)green1 sentence1976Commonwealth v. MacDonald (No. 1), 368 Mass. 395, 401 (1975). | 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. Manning
green
2 sentences2008“During the course of the conversation, [the agent] ‘made several disparaging remarks about [the defendant’s] counsel and the manner in which he was conducting the defense of the . . . case’ and ‘indicated that the tactics of defense counsel would not insure the defendant being kept out of jail.’ ” Id. 1983Id. at 440 . | 2 | 1983–2008 |
Clifton v. United States
green
1 sentence2012Cir. 1966) (Leventhal, J., concurring), cert. denied, 386 U.S. 995 (1967), notwithstanding the many tactics and factors that may serve subtly to compromise the reliability of a confession. | 1 | 2012–2012 |
Commonwealth v. Jackson
green
2 sentences1999The language employed by the prosecutor in describing the tactics of the defense counsel in this case 4 was very similar to that which this court recently found proper in Jackson, supra. 5 As we explained, “the prosecutor may comment on defense tactics that jurors have witnessed themselves.” Id. at 463 . 1999The language employed by the prosecutor in describing the tactics of the defense counsel in this case 4 was very similar to that which this court recently found proper in Jackson, supra. 5 As we explained, “the prosecutor may comment on defense tactics that jurors have witnessed themselves.” Id. at 463 . | 1 | 1999–1999 |
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.