Commonwealth v. Colon

Decided May 22, 2007. Roderick L. Ireland wrote the opinion for the court.

449 Mass. 207 · Cited 71 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. Montanez · 571 N.E.2d 1372
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 361 N.E.2d 1308
• Commonwealth v. Wright · 584 N.E.2d 621
• Commonwealth v. Kozec · 505 N.E.2d 519
• Commonwealth v. Moffett · 418 N.E.2d 585
• Commonwealth v. Young · 416 N.E.2d 944
• Commonwealth v. Groome · 435 Mass. 201
• Commonwealth v. Andrade · 422 Mass. 236
• Commonwealth v. Amaral · 450 N.E.2d 142
• Commonwealth v. Keohane · 444 Mass. 563
• Commonwealth v. Scott · 440 Mass. 642
• Custody of Eleanor · 610 N.E.2d 938
• Commonwealth v. Moon · 405 N.E.2d 947
• Commonwealth v. Jimenez · 438 Mass. 213
• Commonwealth v. Isaiah I. · 448 Mass. 334
• Commonwealth v. Pike · 428 Mass. 393
• Building Inspector of Lancaster v. Sanderson · 360 N.E.2d 1051
• Commonwealth v. Vanderpool · 328 N.E.2d 833
• Commonwealth v. McLeod · 477 N.E.2d 972
• Commonwealth v. Gaynor · 443 Mass. 245
• Commonwealth v. Lamrini · 467 N.E.2d 95
• Commonwealth v. Britto · 433 Mass. 596
• Commonwealth v. Tuitt · 473 N.E.2d 1103
• Commonwealth v. Coleman · 322 N.E.2d 407
• Commonwealth v. Schnopps · 417 N.E.2d 1213

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• Commonwealth v. Jones-Pannell · 472 Mass. 429
• Commonwealth v. Gouse · 461 Mass. 787
• Commonwealth v. Andrade · 468 Mass. 543
• Commonwealth v. Espada · 450 Mass. 687
• Commonwealth v. Barbosa · 463 Mass. 116
• Commonwealth v. Jewett · 471 Mass. 624
• Commonwealth v. Whitman · 453 Mass. 331
• Commonwealth v. Blache · 450 Mass. 583
• Commonwealth v. Jefferson · 461 Mass. 821
• Commonwealth v. Duncan · 71 Mass. App. Ct. 150
• Commonwealth v. Smith · 460 Mass. 318
• Commonwealth v. Pena · 455 Mass. 1
• Commonwealth v. Gonzalez · 465 Mass. 672
• Commonwealth v. Nelson · 468 Mass. 1
• Commonwealth v. Glover · 459 Mass. 836
• Commonwealth v. Ramos · 470 Mass. 740
• Commonwealth v. Adams · 458 Mass. 766
• Commonwealth v. Graham · 78 Mass. App. Ct. 127
• Commonwealth v. Douglas · 472 Mass. 439
• Commonwealth v. Hinds · 457 Mass. 83

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