Commonwealth v. Avila

Decided September 15, 2009. Margot Botsford wrote the opinion for the court.

454 Mass. 744 · Cited 89 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. Bowden · 399 N.E.2d 482
• Commonwealth v. Nardi · 452 Mass. 379
• Commonwealth v. Lodge · 431 Mass. 461
• Commonwealth v. Silva-Santiago · 453 Mass. 782
• Commonwealth v. Moffett · 418 N.E.2d 585
• Commonwealth v. Raymond · 424 Mass. 382
• Commonwealth v. Markvart · 437 Mass. 331
• Commonwealth v. Phinney · 446 Mass. 155
• Commonwealth v. Tennison · 440 Mass. 553
• Commonwealth v. DelValle · 443 Mass. 782
• Commonwealth v. Flebotte · 630 N.E.2d 265
• Commonwealth v. Wright · 584 N.E.2d 621
• Commonwealth v. Lanigan · 419 Mass. 15
• Commonwealth v. Satterfield · 364 N.E.2d 1260
• Commonwealth v. Walden · 405 N.E.2d 939
• Commonwealth v. Montecalvo · 323 N.E.2d 888
• Commonwealth v. Daye · 587 N.E.2d 194
• Commonwealth v. Gonsalves · 445 Mass. 1
• Commonwealth v. Berry · 431 Mass. 326
• Commonwealth v. Ferreira · 409 N.E.2d 188
• Commonwealth v. Person · 508 N.E.2d 88
• Commonwealth v. Mahoney · 550 N.E.2d 1380
• Commonwealth v. Ianello · 515 N.E.2d 1181
• Commonwealth v. Devlin · 310 N.E.2d 353
• Commonwealth v. Rice · 441 Mass. 291

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• Commonwealth v. Wardsworth · 124 N.E.3d 662
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• People v. Dendel · 289 Mich. App. 445
• Commonwealth v. Bizanowicz · 459 Mass. 400
• Commonwealth v. Mercado · 456 Mass. 198
• Commonwealth v. Greineder · 464 Mass. 580
• Marshall v. State · 2010 OK CR 8
• Commonwealth v. Reavis · 465 Mass. 875
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez · 457 Mass. 461
• State v. Maxwell · 2014 Ohio 1019
• Commonwealth v. Barbosa · 457 Mass. 773
• Commonwealth v. McCowen · 458 Mass. 461
• State v. Lui · 179 Wash. 2d 457
• State v. Collins · 10 A.3d 1005
• Commonwealth v. Barbosa · 463 Mass. 116
• Michael Ackerman v. State of Indiana · 51 N.E.3d 171
• State v. Manion · 173 Wash. App. 610
• Aguilar v. Com. · 699 S.E.2d 215
• Commonwealth v. Leng · 463 Mass. 779
• State v. Mitchell · 4 A.3d 478
• Commonwealth v. Emeny · 463 Mass. 138
• Travaris Richard Christian v. State of Mississippi · 207 So. 3d 1207
• Commonwealth v. McGrail · 80 Mass. App. Ct. 339
• Commonwealth v. Lao · 460 Mass. 12

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