State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Baker

Decided May 13, 1963. Raymond Sanger Wilkins wrote the opinion for the court.

190 N.E.2d 555 · Cited 90 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. Cox · 100 N.E.2d 14
Commonwealth v. Jones · 319 Mass. 228
Commonwealth v. Geagan · 159 N.E.2d 870
Commonwealth v. Gricus · 317 Mass. 403
Rocco v. Boston-Leader, Inc. · 163 N.E.2d 157
Commonwealth v. Harrison · 173 N.E.2d 87
Commonwealth v. Theberge · 115 N.E.2d 719
Commonwealth v. Young · 96 N.E.2d 133
Commonwealth v. Vaughn · 108 N.E.2d 559
Commonwealth v. Baker · 177 N.E.2d 783
Commonwealth v. Silvia · 177 N.E.2d 571

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