Commonwealth v. Hernandez

Docket NumberSJC-11574
Decision Date29 December 2015

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56 cases
  • Commonwealth v. Henley
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • August 5, 2021
    ...greater than that against other but neither defense rested solely on guilt of other defendant); Commonwealth v. Hernandez, 473 Mass. 379, 391-392, 42 N.E.3d 1064 (2015) (denial of motion to sever was proper where codefendants differed in descriptive characteristics they wanted jury to remem......
  • Commonwealth v. Fan
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • August 9, 2022
    ...trial," Siny Van Tran, supra, quoting Commonwealth v. Moran, 387 Mass. 644, 658, 442 N.E.2d 399 (1982). See Commonwealth v. Hernandez, 473 Mass. 379, 391, 42 N.E.3d 1064 (2015). Defenses are considered mutually antagonistic and irreconcilable if "[t]he sole defense of each was the guilt of ......
  • Commonwealth v. Foreman
    • United States
    • Appeals Court of Massachusetts
    • July 20, 2022
    ...Commonwealth is "entitled to present as full a picture as possible of the events surrounding the incident." Commonwealth v. Hernandez, 473 Mass. 379, 394, 42 N.E.3d 1064 (2015), quoting Commonwealth v. Robidoux, 450 Mass. 144, 158, 877 N.E.2d 232 (2007). Here, the high degree of similarity ......
  • Commonwealth v. Wilkerson
    • United States
    • Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
    • November 4, 2020
    ...criminal episodes connected together or constituting parts of a single scheme or plan." Mendez, supra, quoting Commonwealth v. Hernandez, 473 Mass. 379, 393, 42 N.E.3d 1064 (2015). In making a determination whether offenses are related, we consider "factual similarities, closeness of time a......
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