Commonwealth v. Barros

Decided September 28, 2001. Martha B. Sosman wrote the opinion for the court.

435 Mass. 171 · Cited 94 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. Stoute · 422 Mass. 782
• Commonwealth v. Lyons · 564 N.E.2d 390
• Commonwealth v. Fraser · 573 N.E.2d 979
• Commonwealth v. Thibeau · 429 N.E.2d 1009
• Massachusetts v. Sheppard · 468 U.S. 981
• Commonwealth v. Silva · 318 N.E.2d 895
• Commonwealth v. Yesilciman · 550 N.E.2d 378
• Commonwealth v. Santana · 420 Mass. 205
• Commonwealth v. Meehan · 387 N.E.2d 527
• Commonwealth v. Alvarado · 423 Mass. 266
• Commonwealth v. Couture · 552 N.E.2d 538
• Commonwealth v. Murdough · 428 Mass. 760
• Commonwealth v. Sheppard · 476 N.E.2d 541
• Commonwealth v. Sanchez · 531 N.E.2d 1256
• Commonwealth v. Sheppard · 441 N.E.2d 725
• Commonwealth v. Angivoni · 417 N.E.2d 422
• Commonwealth v. Ceria · 431 N.E.2d 608
• Giles v. Commonwealth · 529 S.E.2d 327
• Commonwealth v. Petrillo · 505 N.E.2d 169
• State v. Quezada · 141 N.H. 258

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