Commonwealth v. Adjutant

Decided March 14, 2005. Judith Cathy Arnold Cowin wrote the opinion for the court.

443 Mass. 649 · Cited 78 times

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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.

• People v. Lynch · 470 N.E.2d 1018
• State v. Miranda · 176 Conn. 107
• Commonwealth v. Fontes · 488 N.E.2d 760
• Commonwealth v. Edmonds · 313 N.E.2d 429
• State v. Baca · 845 P.2d 762
• Chandler v. State · 405 S.E.2d 669
• People v. Wright · 703 P.2d 1106
• Commonwealth v. Stone · 321 Mass. 471
• Commonwealth v. Arroyo · 442 Mass. 135
• Commonwealth v. Baker · 440 Mass. 519
• State v. Basque · 666 P.2d 599
• Commonwealth v. Helfant · 496 N.E.2d 433
• People v. Miller · 39 N.Y.2d 543
• Henderson v. State · 218 S.E.2d 612
• State v. Howell · 649 P.2d 91
• State v. Jacoby · 260 N.W.2d 828
• Commonwealth v. Triplett · 500 N.E.2d 262
• Commonwealth v. Beck · 402 A.2d 1371
• Commonwealth v. Sicari · 434 Mass. 732
• State v. McIntyre · 488 N.W.2d 612
• Allen v. State · 945 P.2d 1233
• State v. Leone · 581 A.2d 394
• State v. Dunson · 433 N.W.2d 676
• State v. Dellay · 687 A.2d 435
• State v. Barnes · 94 Ohio St. 3d 21

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• Commonwealth v. Clemente · 452 Mass. 295
• State v. Fish · 213 P.3d 258
• Commonwealth v. Russell · 470 Mass. 464
• State v. Godwin, Sr. · 436 P.3d 1252
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• Commonwealth v. Vargas · 475 Mass. 338
• Wing v. Commissioner of Probation · 473 Mass. 368
• Commonwealth v. Smith · 471 Mass. 161
• Commonwealth v. Brescia · 471 Mass. 381
• Commonwealth v. Reyes · 130 N.E.3d 728
• State v. DeLeon. · 143 Haw. 208
• CIRIGNANO v. Roden · 685 F. Supp. 2d 210
• Commonwealth v. King · 445 Mass. 217
• Commonwealth v. Bonds · 445 Mass. 821
• Clifton v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority · 445 Mass. 611
• Commonwealth v. Anestal · 463 Mass. 655
• Commonwealth v. Rodriquez · 461 Mass. 100
• Commonwealth v. Avalos · 454 Mass. 1
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• Commonwealth v. Niemic · 472 Mass. 665

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