Commonwealth v. Comita

Decided February 19, 2004. Roderick L. Ireland wrote the opinion for the court.

441 Mass. 86 · Cited 119 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. Lopez · 426 Mass. 657
• Commonwealth v. Saferian · 315 N.E.2d 878
• Commonwealth v. Lyons · 564 N.E.2d 390
• Commonwealth v. Conceicao · 446 N.E.2d 383
• Commonwealth v. Amirault · 424 Mass. 618
• Commonwealth v. Watson · 430 Mass. 725
• Commonwealth v. Lykus · 546 N.E.2d 159
• Commonwealth v. DiPietro · 624 N.E.2d 587
• Commonwealth v. Silva · 318 N.E.2d 895
• Commonwealth v. Antobenedetto · 315 N.E.2d 530
• Commonwealth v. Fraser · 573 N.E.2d 979
• Commonwealth v. Moore · 556 N.E.2d 392
• Commonwealth v. Wren · 463 N.E.2d 344
• Commonwealth v. Cheek · 597 N.E.2d 1029
• Commonwealth v. Bernier · 267 N.E.2d 636
• Commonwealth v. DeMarco · 440 N.E.2d 1282
• Commonwealth v. Quinones · 608 N.E.2d 724
• Commonwealth v. Schlieff · 369 N.E.2d 723

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