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6 Massachusetts opinions name it 2 courts 1921–2020 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 |
|---|---|---|
Gossman v. Rosenberggreen2 sentences2020The defendant's right of confrontation under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and his rights under art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights entitled him to "[a] fair and full cross-examination to develop facts in issue or relevant to the issue[; it] is a matter of absolute right and is not a mere privilege to be exercised at the sound discretion of the presiding judge, and the denial of the right is prejudicial error." Commonwealth v. Johnson, 365 Mass. 534, 543 (1974), quoting Gossman v. Rosenberg, 237 Mass. 122 , 124 and stealing from the FBI, and the defendant 1990Roviaro v. United States, supra; Commonwealth v. Ennis, supra; Portomene v. United States, supra; United States v. Conforti, supra. Also involved is the corollary principle that “[a] fair and full cross-examination to develop facts in issue or relevant to the issue is a matter of absolute right and is not a mere privilege to be exercised at the sound discretion of the presiding judge, and the denial of the right is prejudicial error.” Commonwealth v. Johnson, supra at 543 , quoting Gossman v. Rosenberg, 237 Mass. 122, 124 (1921). | 4 | 5 |
Commonwealth v. Johnsongreen2 sentences2020The defendant's right of confrontation under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and his rights under art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights entitled him to "[a] fair and full cross-examination to develop facts in issue or relevant to the issue[; it] is a matter of absolute right and is not a mere privilege to be exercised at the sound discretion of the presiding judge, and the denial of the right is prejudicial error." Commonwealth v. Johnson, 365 Mass. 534, 543 (1974), quoting Gossman v. Rosenberg, 237 Mass. 122 , 124 and stealing from the FBI, and the defendant 1990Roviaro v. United States, supra; Commonwealth v. Ennis, supra; Portomene v. United States, supra; United States v. Conforti, supra. Also involved is the corollary principle that “[a] fair and full cross-examination to develop facts in issue or relevant to the issue is a matter of absolute right and is not a mere privilege to be exercised at the sound discretion of the presiding judge, and the denial of the right is prejudicial error.” Commonwealth v. Johnson, supra at 543 , quoting Gossman v. Rosenberg, 237 Mass. 122, 124 (1921). | 3 | 4 |
Commonwealth v. Nicholasgreen1 sentence1986See also Commonwealth v. Nicholas, 15 Mass. App. Ct. 354,355 (1983). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
United States v. Conforti
green
1 sentence1990Roviaro v. United States, supra; Commonwealth v. Ennis, supra; Portomene v. United States, supra; United States v. Conforti, supra. Also involved is the corollary principle that “[a] fair and full cross-examination to develop facts in issue or relevant to the issue is a matter of absolute right and is not a mere privilege to be exercised at the sound discretion of the presiding judge, and the denial of the right is prejudicial error.” Commonwealth v. Johnson, supra at 543 , quoting Gossman v. Rosenberg, 237 Mass. 122, 124 (1921). | 1 | 1990–1990 |
Commonwealth v. Ennis
green
1 sentence1990Roviaro v. United States, supra; Commonwealth v. Ennis, supra; Portomene v. United States, supra; United States v. Conforti, supra. Also involved is the corollary principle that “[a] fair and full cross-examination to develop facts in issue or relevant to the issue is a matter of absolute right and is not a mere privilege to be exercised at the sound discretion of the presiding judge, and the denial of the right is prejudicial error.” Commonwealth v. Johnson, supra at 543 , quoting Gossman v. Rosenberg, 237 Mass. 122, 124 (1921). | 1 | 1990–1990 |
Reeve v. Dennett
neutral
1 sentence1921Reeve v. Dennett, 141 Mass. 207 . | 1 | 1921–1921 |
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.