Commonwealth v. Cruz

Decided December 21, 2005. Francis X. Spina wrote the opinion for the court.

445 Mass. 589 · 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. Santoli · 424 Mass. 837
• Commonwealth v. Blaney · 422 N.E.2d 389
• Commonwealth v. Hyatt · 419 Mass. 815
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez · 391 N.E.2d 889
• Commonwealth v. Waters · 506 N.E.2d 859
• Commonwealth v. Cuffie · 609 N.E.2d 437
• Commonwealth v. McAfee · 430 Mass. 483
• Commonwealth v. Flebotte · 630 N.E.2d 265
• Commonwealth v. Lanigan · 419 Mass. 15
• Commonwealth v. Peruzzi · 446 N.E.2d 117
• Commonwealth v. Cundriff · 415 N.E.2d 172
• Commonwealth v. Daye · 587 N.E.2d 194
• Commonwealth v. Pressley · 457 N.E.2d 1119
• Commonwealth v. Austin · 421 Mass. 357
• Commonwealth v. Anderson · 486 N.E.2d 19
• Commonwealth v. Jackson · 428 N.E.2d 289
• Commonwealth v. Dunn · 556 N.E.2d 30
• Commonwealth v. Francis · 453 N.E.2d 1204
• Commonwealth v. Weaver · 479 N.E.2d 682
• Commonwealth v. Watkins · 63 Mass. App. Ct. 69
• Commonwealth v. Mezzanotti · 529 N.E.2d 1351

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• Commonwealth v. Carriere · 470 Mass. 1
• Commonwealth v. Bastaldo · 472 Mass. 16
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez · 457 Mass. 461
• Commonwealth v. Scesny · 472 Mass. 185
• Commonwealth v. Gomes · 475 Mass. 775
• Commonwealth v. Scott · 470 Mass. 320
• Commonwealth v. Miller · 475 Mass. 212
• Commonwealth v. Urban · 450 Mass. 608
• Commonwealth v. Kendall · 451 Mass. 10
• Commonwealth v. Pires · 453 Mass. 66
• Commonwealth v. Sanchez · 79 Mass. App. Ct. 189
• Commonwealth v. LeBlanc · 456 Mass. 135

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