State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Barnett

Decided September 15, 1976. Benjamin Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

354 N.E.2d 879 · Cited 100 times

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Precedents cited

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. Botelho · 343 N.E.2d 876
Commonwealth v. Connolly · 255 N.E.2d 191
Commonwealth v. Bumpus · 238 N.E.2d 343
Commonwealth v. Stewart · 309 N.E.2d 470
Commonwealth v. Flynn · 287 N.E.2d 420
People v. Canale · 285 N.E.2d 133
Commonwealth v. Redmond · 351 N.E.2d 501
Commonwealth v. Leaster · 287 N.E.2d 122
Breault v. Ford Motor Company · 305 N.E.2d 824
Commonwealth v. Denault · 289 N.E.2d 863
People v. Camel · 322 N.E.2d 36
McGeorge v. Grand Realty Trust, Inc. · 316 Mass. 373
Commonwealth v. Early · 212 N.E.2d 457
Jones v. Clark · 418 P.2d 792
Bennefield v. Brown · 187 S.E.2d 865
Murray v. Foster · 180 N.E.2d 311
Civitarese v. Gorney · 266 N.E.2d 668
Abbadessa v. Tegu · 173 A.2d 153
Commonwealth v. White · 106 N.E.2d 419

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Commonwealth v. Johnson · 420 Mass. 458
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Commonwealth v. Bowden · 399 N.E.2d 482
Commonwealth v. Fitzgerald · 381 N.E.2d 123
Commonwealth v. Moffett · 418 N.E.2d 585
Commonwealth v. Phillips · 452 Mass. 617
Commonwealth v. Santos · 525 N.E.2d 388
Commonwealth v. Nolin · 364 N.E.2d 1224
Commonwealth v. Martinez · 437 Mass. 84
Commonwealth v. Meas · 467 Mass. 434
Commonwealth v. Leonardi · 604 N.E.2d 23
Commonwealth v. Jones · 367 N.E.2d 631
Howe v. State · 611 P.2d 16
Commonwealth v. Moon · 394 N.E.2d 984
Commonwealth v. Storey · 391 N.E.2d 898
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Commonwealth v. Dougan · 386 N.E.2d 1

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