Commonwealth v. Edwards

Decided July 1, 2005. Judith Cathy Arnold Cowin wrote the opinion for the court.

444 Mass. 526 · Cited 88 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.

• State v. Hallum · 606 N.W.2d 351
• People v. Geraci · 649 N.E.2d 817
• Devonshire v. United States · 691 A.2d 165
• State v. Valencia · 924 P.2d 497
• Commonwealth v. Amirault · 424 Mass. 618
• Commonwealth v. Daye · 469 N.E.2d 483
• State v. Alvarez-Lopez · 98 P.3d 699
• State v. Meeks · 88 P.3d 789
• Commonwealth v. Whelton · 428 Mass. 24
• Commonwealth v. Vuthy Seng · 436 Mass. 537
• Commonwealth v. Paddy · 800 A.2d 294
• Commonwealth v. Mello · 420 Mass. 375
• Alberts v. Devine · 479 N.E.2d 113
• Commonwealth v. Drew · 489 N.E.2d 1233
• State v. Hale · 2005 WI 7
• Commonwealth v. Bergstrom · 524 N.E.2d 366
• Commonwealth v. Silanskas · 433 Mass. 678
• Wildermuth v. State · 530 A.2d 275
• Commonwealth v. Rice · 441 Mass. 291
• Commonwealth v. Mannos · 311 Mass. 94
• Commonwealth v. Ruffen · 507 N.E.2d 684
• State v. Warford · 389 N.W.2d 575
• Commonwealth v. Cruz · 430 Mass. 838
• Commonwealth v. Sineiro · 432 Mass. 735
• Gonzalez v. State · 155 S.W.3d 603

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• State v. Byrd · 198 N.J. 319
• State v. Poole · 2010 UT 25
• Davis v. Washington · 547 U.S. 813
• State v. Moua Her · 750 N.W.2d 258
• State v. Thompson · 45 A.3d 605
• State v. Tyler · 155 P.3d 1002
• People v. Vasquez · 155 P.3d 565
• Anderson v. State · 447 P.3d 1072
• State v. Jensen · 2007 WI 26
• State v. Romero · 156 P.3d 694
• State v. Tyler · 138 Wash. App. 120
• Gatlin v. United States · 925 A.2d 594
• State v. Franklin · 232 Ariz. 556
• State v. Pickens (Slip Opinion) · 2014 Ohio 5445
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• People v. Moreno · 160 P.3d 242
• State v. Lewis · 619 S.E.2d 830

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