Commonwealth v. Bishop

Decided August 16, 1993. Joseph R. Nolan wrote the opinion for the court.

617 N.E.2d 990 · Cited 129 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. Stockhammer · 570 N.E.2d 992
• Commonwealth v. Two Juveniles · 491 N.E.2d 234
• People v. Gissendanner · 48 N.Y.2d 543
• Commonwealth v. St. Pierre · 387 N.E.2d 1135
• Commonwealth v. Amirault · 535 N.E.2d 193
• Commonwealth v. Bergstrom · 524 N.E.2d 366
• Commonwealth v. Wilson · 602 A.2d 1290
• Commonwealth v. Comtois · 506 N.E.2d 503
• Commonwealth v. Scanlon · 592 N.E.2d 1279
• People v. Foggy · 521 N.E.2d 86
• Commonwealth v. Collett · 439 N.E.2d 1223
• Commonwealth v. Clancy · 524 N.E.2d 395
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 535 N.E.2d 221
• Commonwealth v. Beauchemin · 571 N.E.2d 395
• Commonwealth v. Bohannon · 378 N.E.2d 987
• Commonwealth v. King · 441 N.E.2d 248
• Commonwealth v. Sherry · 437 N.E.2d 224
• Stripling v. State · 401 S.E.2d 500
• Commonwealth v. Montanino · 567 N.E.2d 1212
• Commonwealth v. Bohannon · 434 N.E.2d 163
• Gale v. State · 792 P.2d 570
• Zaal v. State · 602 A.2d 1247
• State v. Gagne · 136 N.H. 101
• State v. Howard · 221 Conn. 447
• Commonwealth v. Figueroa · 595 N.E.2d 779

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• Commonwealth v. Zane Z. · 51 Mass. App. Ct. 135
• Commonwealth v. Oliveira · 431 Mass. 609
• Commonwealth v. Oliveira · 438 Mass. 325
• Commonwealth v. Feliciano · 442 Mass. 728
• State of Iowa v. Christopher Craig Thompson · 837 N.W.2d 180
• State v. Pratt · 235 Conn. 595
• Commonwealth v. Neumyer · 432 Mass. 23
• Commonwealth v. Tripolone · 425 Mass. 487
• Katlein v. State · 731 So. 2d 87
• Commonwealth v. Lampron · 441 Mass. 265
• State v. Cramer · 2002 UT 9
• Commonwealth v. Brown · 71 Mass. App. Ct. 743
• Tibbs v. Allen · 486 F. Supp. 2d 188
• Commonwealth v. Beal · 429 Mass. 530
• Commonwealth v. Callahan · 440 Mass. 436
• Reynolds v. State · 633 A.2d 455
• Pare v. Commonwealth · 420 Mass. 216
• Commonwealth v. Maxwell · 441 Mass. 773
• Commonwealth v. Bruce · 61 Mass. App. Ct. 474
• In Re Grievance of Danforth · 812 A.2d 845
• Hoilett v. Allen · 365 F. Supp. 2d 110

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