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← 82 MASSAPPCT 474 - Commonwealth v. Dosouto

Commonwealth v. Dosouto’s Empirical Analysis

2012

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 2017
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Bruton v. United States · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Richardson v. Marsh · Commonwealth v. Latimore · Gray v. Maryland

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “[a]lthough the judge did not state specifically that proof includes the requirement that the defendant must know one of his companions is armed, when viewed as a whole, the instructions repeatedly emphasized not just that the defendant must share the intent of the assailants but also (1) that the defendant must 'knowingly participate[ ]' 'in the commission ... of the armed robbery, with the intent required to commit an armed robbery,' and (2) that the defendant's intent could be inferred 'from his knowledge of the circumstances and any subsequent participation in the crime.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.