Commonwealth v. Alfonso A.

Decided January 6, 2003. Martha B. Sosman wrote the opinion for the court.

438 Mass. 372 · Cited 58 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.

• Commonwealth v. MacNeill · 502 N.E.2d 938
• Commonwealth v. a Juvenile · 449 N.E.2d 654
• Commonwealth v. Berry · 570 N.E.2d 1004
• Commonwealth v. Upton · 476 N.E.2d 548
• Commonwealth v. Va Meng Joe · 425 Mass. 99
• Commonwealth v. Welch · 420 Mass. 646
• Commonwealth v. Philip S. · 611 N.E.2d 226
• Commonwealth v. King · 460 N.E.2d 1299
• Commonwealth v. McCra · 427 Mass. 564
• Commonwealth v. Guyton · 541 N.E.2d 1006
• Commonwealth v. Hogan · 426 Mass. 424
• Commonwealth v. Ward · 590 N.E.2d 173
• Commonwealth v. Cast · 556 N.E.2d 69
• Commonwealth v. Freiberg · 540 N.E.2d 1289
• Commonwealth v. Mandile · 492 N.E.2d 74
• Stanley v. State · 313 A.2d 847
• Commonwealth v. Atchue · 471 N.E.2d 91
• Commonwealth v. Upton · 458 N.E.2d 717
• Commonwealth v. Rojas · 531 N.E.2d 255
• Commonwealth v. Germain · 486 N.E.2d 693
• Commonwealth v. Bakoian · 588 N.E.2d 667
• Commonwealth v. Robinson · 526 N.E.2d 778
• Commonwealth v. Aarhus · 443 N.E.2d 1274
• Commonwealth v. Pucillo · 427 Mass. 108
• Commonwealth v. Tevenal · 515 N.E.2d 1191

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• Commonwealth v. O'Day · 440 Mass. 296
• Commonwealth v. Mubdi · 456 Mass. 385
• Commonwealth v. Depina · 456 Mass. 238
• Commonwealth v. Costa · 448 Mass. 510
• Commonwealth v. Escalera · 462 Mass. 636
• Commonwealth v. Barbosa · 463 Mass. 116
• Commonwealth v. Depiero · 473 Mass. 450
• Commonwealth v. Mendes · 463 Mass. 353

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