Commonwealth v. Barbosa

Decided September 7, 2010. Ralph D. Gants wrote the opinion for the court.

457 Mass. 773 · Cited 96 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.

• Department of Youth Services v. a Juvenile · 499 N.E.2d 812
• Commonwealth v. Nardi · 452 Mass. 379
• Commonwealth v. DiGiambattista · 442 Mass. 423
• Commonwealth v. Lanigan · 419 Mass. 15
• Commonwealth v. Vuthy Seng · 456 Mass. 490
• Commonwealth v. Rivera · 430 Mass. 91
• Commonwealth v. Saarela · 383 N.E.2d 501
• Commonwealth v. Verde · 444 Mass. 279
• Commonwealth v. Avila · 454 Mass. 744
• Commonwealth v. Boateng · 438 Mass. 498
• Commonwealth v. Knight · 437 Mass. 487
• Pendergrass v. State · 913 N.E.2d 703
• Commonwealth v. Novo · 449 Mass. 84
• Commonwealth v. DeSouza · 428 Mass. 667
• State v. Barton · 2006 WI App 18
• State v. Lewis · 235 S.W.3d 136
• Commonwealth v. Flebotte · 630 N.E.2d 265
• Commonwealth v. Bradshaw · 431 N.E.2d 880
• People v. Lovejoy · 919 N.E.2d 843
• Commonwealth v. Cunneen · 449 N.E.2d 658
• Commonwealth v. Vasquez · 456 Mass. 350
• LaClair v. Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc. · 393 N.E.2d 867
• Commonwealth v. Stuckich · 450 Mass. 449
• Commonwealth v. Drew · 489 N.E.2d 1233
• State v. Tucker · 160 P.3d 177

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• State v. Walker · 212 A.3d 1244
• State v. McLeod · 165 N.H. 42
• State v. Lopez · 45 A.3d 1
• Commonwealth v. Whitaker · 460 Mass. 409
• Commonwealth v. Sepheus · 468 Mass. 160
• Commonwealth v. Cole · 473 Mass. 317
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 472 Mass. 707
• Jenkins v. United States · 75 A.3d 174
• Commonwealth v. Emeny · 463 Mass. 138
• Commonwealth v. Reyes · 130 N.E.3d 728
• Commonwealth v. Lezynski · 466 Mass. 113
• Commonwealth v. Canty · 466 Mass. 535
• Commonwealth v. Pytou Heang · 458 Mass. 827
• Commonwealth v. Woods · 466 Mass. 707
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• Commonwealth v. Jenkins · 458 Mass. 791

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