State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Cinelli

Decided May 16, 1983. Paul J. Liacos wrote the opinion for the court.

449 N.E.2d 1207 · Cited 179 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. Manning · 367 N.E.2d 635
United States v. Morrison · 449 U.S. 361
Commonwealth v. Cefalo · 409 N.E.2d 719
Commonwealth v. Mandeville · 436 N.E.2d 912
Commonwealth v. Keizer · 385 N.E.2d 1001
Commonwealth v. Woods · 413 N.E.2d 1099
Commonwealth v. Hill · 442 N.E.2d 24
Commonwealth v. Latimore · 393 N.E.2d 370
Commonwealth v. Fitzgerald · 381 N.E.2d 123
Hartmann v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp. · 323 Mass. 56
Commonwealth v. Montecalvo · 323 N.E.2d 888
Commonwealth v. Gaulden · 420 N.E.2d 905
Commonwealth v. Hodge · 434 N.E.2d 1246
Commonwealth v. Daniels · 321 N.E.2d 822
Commonwealth v. Johnson · 313 N.E.2d 571
Commonwealth v. Tabor · 384 N.E.2d 190
Commonwealth v. Correia · 407 N.E.2d 1216
Commonwealth v. Sires · 350 N.E.2d 460
Mills v. State · 363 A.2d 491
Pisa v. Commonwealth · 393 N.E.2d 386
Calbillo v. San Jacinto Junior College · 305 F. Supp. 857
Commonwealth v. Smith · 330 N.E.2d 197
Commonwealth v. Anderson · 284 N.E.2d 219
Commonwealth vs. a Juvenile · 425 N.E.2d 294
Bollinger v. State · 556 P.2d 1035

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State v. Ward · 712 A.2d 534
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Commonwealth v. O'Day · 440 Mass. 296
Commonwealth v. Cronk · 484 N.E.2d 1330
Commonwealth v. McGahee · 473 N.E.2d 1077
State v. Evans · 210 P.3d 216
Commonwealth v. Gentile · 437 Mass. 569
State v. Towne · 615 A.2d 484
Commonwealth v. Lewin · 542 N.E.2d 275
Commonwealth v. Kaupp · 453 Mass. 102
Commonwealth v. King · 508 N.E.2d 1382
Commonwealth v. Hine · 471 N.E.2d 1342
Commonwealth v. Hernandez · 421 Mass. 272
Commonwealth v. Light · 474 N.E.2d 1074
Commonwealth v. Jacobsen · 419 Mass. 269
Commonwealth v. Harmon · 63 Mass. App. Ct. 456
Commonwealth v. Mason · 453 Mass. 873
Commonwealth v. Cataldo · 69 Mass. App. Ct. 465
Commonwealth v. Gardner · 467 Mass. 363
State v. Byrne · 972 A.2d 633

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