Commonwealth v. Borges

Decided August 28, 1985. Joseph R. Nolan wrote the opinion for the court.

482 N.E.2d 314 · Cited 162 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. King · 449 N.E.2d 1217
• Commonwealth v. Avery · 309 N.E.2d 497
• Brown v. Texas · 443 U.S. 47
• Commonwealth v. Upton · 476 N.E.2d 548
• Commonwealth v. Silva · 318 N.E.2d 895
• Commonwealth v. Meehan · 387 N.E.2d 527
• Commonwealth v. Thibeau · 429 N.E.2d 1009
• Commonwealth v. Loughlin · 430 N.E.2d 823
• Commonwealth v. Riggins · 315 N.E.2d 525
• Watkins v. State · 420 A.2d 270
• Commonwealth v. Saia · 360 N.E.2d 329
• United States v. McKethan · 247 F. Supp. 324
• Commonwealth v. Wallace · 190 N.E.2d 224
• Commonwealth v. Holmes · 183 N.E.2d 279
• Massachusetts General Hospital v. City of Revere · 434 N.E.2d 185
• Commonwealth v. Boswell · 372 N.E.2d 237

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• Commonwealth v. Kolodziej · 69 Mass. App. Ct. 199
• Commonwealth v. Melendez · 551 N.E.2d 514
• Commonwealth v. Willis · 616 N.E.2d 62
• Commonwealth v. Martin · 457 Mass. 14
• Commonwealth v. Spence · 526 N.E.2d 1054
• People v. Sorenson · 752 N.E.2d 1078
• Commonwealth v. Cruz · 459 Mass. 459
• Commonwealth v. Catanzaro · 441 Mass. 46
• Commonwealth v. Thomas · 429 Mass. 403
• Commonwealth v. Parapar · 534 N.E.2d 1167
• Commonwealth v. Van Cao · 419 Mass. 383
• Commonwealth v. Sanchez · 531 N.E.2d 1256
• Commonwealth v. Lyles · 453 Mass. 811
• Commonwealth v. Mock · 54 Mass. App. Ct. 276
• State v. Andre W. · 590 N.W.2d 827
• Commonwealth v. Houle · 622 N.E.2d 638
• Commonwealth v. Ramos · 430 Mass. 545
• Strickland v. State · 594 S.E.2d 711
• Commonwealth v. Modica · 508 N.E.2d 882
• Commonwealth v. Stoute · 422 Mass. 782
• Commonwealth v. Mercado · 422 Mass. 367
• Commonwealth v. Cast · 556 N.E.2d 69

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