State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Botelho

Decided March 5, 1976. Benjamin Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

343 N.E.2d 876 · 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. McGrath · 280 N.E.2d 681
Commonwealth v. Kazonis · 255 N.E.2d 333
Commonwealth v. Antobenedetto · 315 N.E.2d 530
Commonwealth v. Ross · 282 N.E.2d 70
Harris v. State · 350 A.2d 768
Stone v. Essex County Newspapers, Inc. · 330 N.E.2d 161
Commonwealth v. Fancy · 207 N.E.2d 276
People v. Caruso · 68 Cal. 2d 183
Commonwealth v. Caine · 318 N.E.2d 901
Commonwealth v. Murphy · 289 N.E.2d 571
Commonwealth v. Ferguson · 365 Mass. 1
Commonwealth v. Torres · 327 N.E.2d 871
Commonwealth v. Horton · 310 N.E.2d 316
Commonwealth v. Frank · 257 N.E.2d 919
Dobson v. State · 335 A.2d 124
Commonwealth v. Stanley · 292 N.E.2d 694
People v. Damon · 24 N.Y.2d 256
Thomas v. Leeke · 393 F. Supp. 282
Commonwealth v. Finn · 285 N.E.2d 105
Flaherty v. Vinzant · 386 F. Supp. 1170

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Commonwealth v. Melvin · 503 N.E.2d 649
Commonwealth v. Thornley · 509 N.E.2d 908
Commonwealth v. Watson · 455 Mass. 246
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State v. Classen · 590 P.2d 1198
Commonwealth v. Jackson · 386 N.E.2d 15
Commonwealth v. Jones · 377 N.E.2d 903
Commonwealth v. Johnson · 473 Mass. 594
Commonwealth v. Tanso · 583 N.E.2d 1247
Commonwealth v. Holland · 571 N.E.2d 625
Commonwealth v. Jones · 399 N.E.2d 1081
Commonwealth v. Bodden · 461 N.E.2d 803
Commonwealth v. Rodriguez · 391 N.E.2d 889
Commonwealth v. Toney · 433 N.E.2d 425
Commonwealth v. Storey · 391 N.E.2d 898
Commonwealth v. Barnett · 354 N.E.2d 879
Commonwealth v. Clifford · 372 N.E.2d 1267
Commonwealth v. Otsuki · 581 N.E.2d 999
State v. Herrera · 902 A.2d 177
Commonwealth v. Martin · 447 Mass. 274

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