Commonwealth v. Burke

Decided July 3, 1959. John Spalding wrote the opinion for the court.

159 N.E.2d 856 · Cited 81 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. Bonomi · 140 N.E.2d 140
• Commonwealth v. O'Brien · 305 Mass. 393
• Holt v. United States · 218 U.S. 245
• Commonwealth v. Polian · 288 Mass. 494
• Commonwealth v. DiStasio · 294 Mass. 273
• Commonwealth v. Boris · 317 Mass. 309
• Commonwealth v. Bartolini · 299 Mass. 503
• Commonwealth v. Galvin · 323 Mass. 205
• Commonwealth v. Carter · 306 Mass. 141
• Commonwealth v. Shea · 324 Mass. 710
• Commonwealth v. Valcourt · 133 N.E.2d 217
• Commonwealth v. Hayes · 311 Mass. 21

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• Commonwealth v. Brennan · 438 N.E.2d 60
• Coppolino v. State · 223 So. 2d 68
• State v. Izzo · 383 P.2d 116
• Commonwealth v. Healy · 471 N.E.2d 359
• Commonwealth v. Burke · 182 N.E.2d 127
• Arthur v. State · 575 So. 2d 1165
• Commonwealth v. Cobb · 373 N.E.2d 1145
• Commonwealth v. Croft · 186 N.E.2d 468
• Commonwealth v. Hall · 343 N.E.2d 388
• State v. Cutshaw · 437 P.2d 962
• Commonwealth v. Boudreau · 285 N.E.2d 915
• Commonwealth v. Ellis · 364 N.E.2d 808
• State v. Kelsey · 566 P.2d 1370
• Neverson v. Bissonnette · 242 F. Supp. 2d 78
• Nadworny v. Fair · 744 F. Supp. 1194
• Commonwealth v. Freeman · 227 N.E.2d 3
• Commonwealth v. Haas · 369 N.E.2d 692
• Commonwealth v. Fancy · 207 N.E.2d 276
• Commonwealth v. Mahdi · 448 N.E.2d 357
• Commonwealth v. Kelley · 346 N.E.2d 368
• Commonwealth v. McLaughlin · 303 N.E.2d 338
• Commonwealth v. a Juvenile · 313 N.E.2d 120

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