Commonwealth v. Doucette

Decided March 14, 1984. Joseph R. Nolan wrote the opinion for the court.

462 N.E.2d 1084 · Cited 124 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. King · 373 N.E.2d 208
• Commonwealth v. Saferian · 315 N.E.2d 878
• Commonwealth v. Tavares · 430 N.E.2d 1198
• Commonwealth v. Cunneen · 449 N.E.2d 658
• Commonwealth v. Shelley · 409 N.E.2d 732
• Commonwealth v. Shaffer · 326 N.E.2d 880
• Commonwealth v. Williams · 448 N.E.2d 1114
• Commonwealth v. Richards · 425 N.E.2d 305
• Reddick v. Commonwealth · 409 N.E.2d 764
• Commonwealth v. Ely · 444 N.E.2d 1276
• Commonwealth v. Adams · 375 N.E.2d 681
• Commonwealth v. Mahnke · 335 N.E.2d 660
• Commonwealth v. Mahdi · 448 N.E.2d 357
• Commonwealth v. Sellon · 402 N.E.2d 1329
• Commonwealth v. Gould · 405 N.E.2d 927
• Commonwealth v. Stokes · 374 N.E.2d 87
• Commonwealth v. McInerney · 365 N.E.2d 815
• Commonwealth v. Connolly · 255 N.E.2d 191
• Commonwealth v. Hosey · 334 N.E.2d 44
• Commonwealth v. Repoza · 414 N.E.2d 591
• Commonwealth v. Fitzgerald · 406 N.E.2d 389
• Commonwealth v. Brant · 406 N.E.2d 1021
• Commonwealth v. Brady · 410 N.E.2d 695
• Commonwealth v. Hooks · 376 N.E.2d 857
• Osborne v. Commonwealth · 389 N.E.2d 981

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• Commonwealth v. Adrey · 493 N.E.2d 875
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• Commonwealth v. Monteiro · 484 N.E.2d 999
• Commonwealth v. Rosado · 434 Mass. 197
• Commonwealth v. Santiago · 425 Mass. 491
• Commonwealth v. Acevedo · 446 Mass. 435
• Commonwealth v. Pike · 428 Mass. 393
• Commonwealth v. Forde · 466 N.E.2d 510
• Commonwealth v. Lanoue · 467 N.E.2d 159
• Commonwealth v. Anderson · 486 N.E.2d 19
• Commonwealth v. Watkins · 425 Mass. 830
• Commonwealth v. Lykus · 546 N.E.2d 159

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