Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Maxwell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 25, 2004PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
A judge in the District Court reported two questions to the Appeals Court pursuant to Mass. R. Crim. P. 34, 378 Mass. 905 (1979). We transferred the case to this court on our own motion. The first question concerns the nature and scope of the showing required of the Commonwealth before a defendant may be ordered to submit to a buccal swab for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis.1 The second question concerns whether and how a defendant in a criminal case may properly access medical records relevant to his defense, but protected by the statutory prohibition against releasing human…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Whalen v. RoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Commonwealth v. O'DELLMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Martin v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. BanvilleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- JansenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
- Commonwealth v. DelaneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. CabralMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2007
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