State Supreme Court / Mass.

Ciummei v. Commonwealth

Decided July 25, 1979. Benjamin Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

392 N.E.2d 1186 · Cited 115 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Commonwealth v. Hill · 375 N.E.2d 1168
United States v. Timmreck · 441 U.S. 780
Commonwealth v. Foster · 330 N.E.2d 155
Commonwealth v. Morrow · 296 N.E.2d 468
Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
Patton v. United States · 281 U.S. 276
Commonwealth v. Freeman · 227 N.E.2d 3
Wood v. Morris · 554 P.2d 1032
People v. Miller · 498 P.2d 1089
State v. Irving · 533 P.2d 1225
Commonwealth v. Morin · 383 A.2d 832
Commonwealth v. Vailes · 275 N.E.2d 893
Walker v. State · 578 P.2d 1388
Huot v. Commonwealth · 292 N.E.2d 700
State v. Jelks · 461 P.2d 473
Commonwealth v. Leate · 327 N.E.2d 866
Kindle v. State · 313 N.E.2d 721
State v. Olivera · 497 P.2d 1360
Central Tow Co. v. City of Boston · 357 N.E.2d 310
State v. Boilard · 359 A.2d 65

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Commonwealth v. Schofield · 450 N.E.2d 645
Ciummei v. Amaral · 493 F. Supp. 938
Commonwealth v. Pavao · 423 Mass. 798
Commonwealth v. Schofield · 463 N.E.2d 1181
Commonwealth v. Hardy · 427 Mass. 379
Commonwealth v. Hendricks · 452 Mass. 97
Commonwealth v. Abreu · 463 N.E.2d 1184
State v. Conn · 565 A.2d 246
Commonwealth v. Osborne · 445 Mass. 776
State v. Julio Morais · 203 A.3d 1150
Commonwealth v. Ridlon · 54 Mass. App. Ct. 146
State v. Rizzo · 31 A.3d 1094
Commonwealth v. Duart · 477 Mass. 630
Commonwealth v. Dussault · 71 Mass. App. Ct. 542
Commonwealth v. Pimentel · 73 Mass. App. Ct. 777
State v. Gore · 955 A.2d 1
State v. Marino · 190 Conn. 639
State v. Crump · 201 Conn. 489
Miranda v. Commonwealth · 466 N.E.2d 122
Commonwealth v. Peterson · 445 Mass. 782
Commonwealth v. Duquette · 438 N.E.2d 334
State v. Bell · 720 A.2d 311
Lydon v. Commonwealth · 409 N.E.2d 745
State v. Shockley · 188 Conn. 697
Myers v. Manson · 192 Conn. 383

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