Commonwealth v. Devlin

Decided March 20, 1957. Harold P. Williams wrote the opinion for the court.

141 N.E.2d 269 · Cited 67 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. Lussier · 128 N.E.2d 569
• Commonwealth v. Gricus · 317 Mass. 403
• Commonwealth v. Clark · 292 Mass. 409
• Commonwealth v. Osman · 284 Mass. 421
• Commonwealth v. Venuti · 315 Mass. 255
• Commonwealth v. Powers · 294 Mass. 59
• Commonwealth v. Domanski · 123 N.E.2d 368
• Liberatore v. Town of Framingham · 315 Mass. 538
• Jordan v. Massachusetts · 225 U.S. 167
• Commonwealth v. Polian · 288 Mass. 494
• Commonwealth v. DiStasio · 294 Mass. 273
• Commonwealth v. Green · 302 Mass. 547
• Commonwealth v. Novicki · 324 Mass. 461
• Commonwealth v. Sheppard · 313 Mass. 590
• Commonwealth v. Galvin · 323 Mass. 205
• Hanson v. Bradley · 298 Mass. 371
• Morrissey v. Powell · 304 Mass. 268
• Commonwealth v. Sherman · 294 Mass. 379
• Guiffre v. Carapezza · 298 Mass. 458
• Commonwealth v. DiStasio · 298 Mass. 562
• Commonwealth v. Mabey · 299 Mass. 96

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• LeBlanc v. Commonwealth · 293 N.E.2d 260
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• Commonwealth v. Balliro · 209 N.E.2d 308
• State v. Dicks · 615 S.W.2d 126
• Commonwealth v. Boyd · 326 N.E.2d 320
• District Attorney for the Suffolk District v. Watson · 411 N.E.2d 1274
• Commonwealth v. Berry · 420 Mass. 95
• Commonwealth v. Santos · 440 Mass. 281
• Ex Parte Madison · 718 So. 2d 104
• Commonwealth v. Cyr · 433 Mass. 617
• Arsenault v. Commonwealth · 233 N.E.2d 730
• Commonwealth v. Brown · 470 Mass. 595
• State v. Castonguay · 263 A.2d 727
• Vanetzian v. Hall · 433 F. Supp. 960
• Genius v. Pepe · 986 F. Supp. 668
• Kilburn v. Maloney · 383 F. Supp. 2d 247
• Commonwealth v. De Christoforo · 277 N.E.2d 100
• Commonwealth v. Colon-Cruz · 562 N.E.2d 797
• Commonwealth v. Richards · 293 N.E.2d 854
• Commonwealth v. Monahan · 207 N.E.2d 29
• Commonwealth v. Kelley · 268 N.E.2d 132
• Commonwealth v. Ortiz · 560 N.E.2d 698
• Commonwealth v. Trapp · 485 N.E.2d 162
• Commonwealth v. LePage · 226 N.E.2d 200
• Commonwealth v. Bohmer · 372 N.E.2d 1381

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