State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Dickerson

Decided June 20, 1977. Francis Quirico wrote the opinion for the court.

364 N.E.2d 1052 · Cited 148 times

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Precedents cited

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. Barnett · 354 N.E.2d 879
Commonwealth v. Chase · 217 N.E.2d 195
Commonwealth v. DiStasio · 298 Mass. 562
Commonwealth v. French · 259 N.E.2d 195
Commonwealth v. Rego · 274 N.E.2d 795
Commonwealth v. Balliro · 209 N.E.2d 308
Commonwealth v. Bumpus · 238 N.E.2d 343
Commonwealth v. McKay · 294 N.E.2d 213
Commonwealth v. Leaster · 287 N.E.2d 122
Commonwealth v. Corcione · 307 N.E.2d 321
Commonwealth v. Denault · 289 N.E.2d 863
Commonwealth v. Botelho · 343 N.E.2d 876
State v. Conner · 241 N.W.2d 447
Commonwealth v. Montecalvo · 323 N.E.2d 888
Commonwealth v. White · 232 N.E.2d 335
Commonwealth v. Connolly · 255 N.E.2d 191
Commonwealth v. Curry · 330 N.E.2d 819
Commonwealth v. Turner · 367 Pa. 403
Commonwealth v. Meas · 415 Pa. 41
Commonwealth v. McAlister · 313 N.E.2d 113
State v. Bradshaw · 221 A.2d 815
Wooden v. Commonwealth · 208 Va. 629
State v. Thorp · 171 A. 633
State v. Monahan · 106 A.2d 287

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Commonwealth v. Benjamin · 503 N.E.2d 660
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Commonwealth v. Ferreira · 364 N.E.2d 1264
Commonwealth v. Wilborne · 415 N.E.2d 192
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Commonwealth v. Auguste · 605 N.E.2d 819
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Commonwealth v. Felder · 455 Mass. 359

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