Commonwealth v. Appleby

Decided April 1, 1980. Francis Quirico wrote the opinion for the court.

402 N.E.2d 1051 · Cited 146 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. Farrell · 322 Mass. 606
• Commonwealth v. Henson · 259 N.E.2d 769
• Commonwealth v. Tarrant · 326 N.E.2d 710
• Commonwealth v. Balthazar · 318 N.E.2d 478
• Commonwealth v. Latimore · 393 N.E.2d 370
• Commonwealth v. Slaney · 185 N.E.2d 919
• Salemme v. Commonwealth · 348 N.E.2d 799
• People v. Buford · 244 N.W.2d 351
• Commonwealth v. Hogan · 396 N.E.2d 978
• Commonwealth v. Hill · 385 N.E.2d 253
• Bennett and Flynn v. State · 205 A.2d 393
• Commonwealth v. Rosenberg · 398 N.E.2d 451
• Towler v. Peyton · 303 F. Supp. 581
• Commonwealth v. Jacobs · 6 Mass. App. Ct. 618

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• Commonwealth v. Cataldo · 423 Mass. 318
• Commonwealth v. Davis · 406 N.E.2d 417
• Commonwealth v. Sampson · 422 N.E.2d 450
• State v. Van · 688 N.W.2d 600
• Commonwealth v. Tevlin · 433 Mass. 305
• Commonwealth v. Ford · 424 Mass. 709
• Commonwealth v. Welch · 450 N.E.2d 1100
• Commonwealth v. Bois · 476 Mass. 15
• Commonwealth v. Caetano · 470 Mass. 774
• United States v. Glover · 558 F.3d 71
• Commonwealth v. Cruz · 430 Mass. 182
• Commonwealth v. Bior · 88 Mass. App. Ct. 150
• Commonwealth v. Wolinski · 431 Mass. 228
• Commonwealth v. McNulty · 458 Mass. 305
• Ramirez v. Commonwealth · 94 N.E.3d 809
• Commonwealth v. Barrett · 436 N.E.2d 1219
• Commonwealth v. Delaney · 442 Mass. 604
• United States v. Lepore · 304 F. Supp. 2d 183
• Govan v. State · 913 N.E.2d 237
• United States v. Grant-Martinez · 511 F. Supp. 2d 738
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