Commonwealth v. Cruz

Decided April 19, 2011. Roderick L. Ireland wrote the opinion for the court.

459 Mass. 459 · Cited 110 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. Garden · 451 Mass. 43
• Commonwealth v. Cast · 556 N.E.2d 69
• Commonwealth v. Gonsalves · 429 Mass. 658
• Commonwealth v. Silva · 318 N.E.2d 895
• Commonwealth v. Borges · 482 N.E.2d 314
• Commonwealth v. King · 449 N.E.2d 1217
• Commonwealth v. Motta · 424 Mass. 117
• State v. Ortega · 770 N.W.2d 145
• Commonwealth v. Bostock · 450 Mass. 616
• Commonwealth v. Murdough · 428 Mass. 760
• Commonwealth v. Upton · 476 N.E.2d 548
• Commonwealth v. Grandison · 433 Mass. 135
• State v. Duncan · 146 Wash. 2d 166
• Commonwealth v. Isaiah I. · 448 Mass. 334
• Commonwealth v. Santana · 420 Mass. 205
• Commonwealth v. DePeiza · 449 Mass. 367
• Commonwealth v. Hason · 387 Mass. 169
• Commonwealth v. Moses · 557 N.E.2d 14
• Commonwealth v. Bacon · 411 N.E.2d 772
• Commonwealth v. Wren · 463 N.E.2d 344
• Commonwealth v. Torres · 433 Mass. 669
• Commonwealth v. Alvarado · 423 Mass. 266
• Commonwealth v. Bottari · 482 N.E.2d 321
• Commonwealth v. Gaynor · 443 Mass. 245
• Commonwealth v. Watson · 430 Mass. 725

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• Commonwealth v. Daniel · 464 Mass. 746
• Commonwealth v. Damon · 82 Mass. App. Ct. 164
• People v. Waxler · 224 Cal. App. 4th 712
• State v. Brito · 154 A.3d 535
• Commonwealth v. Keefner · 461 Mass. 507
• Commonwealth v. Jackson · 464 Mass. 758
• State v. Senna · 194 Vt. 283
• Robinson, Williams & Spriggs v. State · 152 A.3d 661
• Commonwealth v. Humberto H. · 466 Mass. 562
• Edmond v. State · 951 N.E.2d 585
• Commonwealth v. Amado · 474 Mass. 147
• State of Arizona v. Ronald James Sisco II · 239 Ariz. 532
• State v. Cheatham · 237 Ariz. 502
• Commonwealth v. Barreto · 113 N.E.3d 429
• People v. Zuniga · 2016 CO 52
• Commonwealth v. Ilya I., a juvenile · 470 Mass. 625
• Figgs v. Boston Housing Authority · 469 Mass. 354
• Commonwealth v. Palmer · 464 Mass. 773
• Commonwealth v. Gentile · 466 Mass. 817
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