State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Ellis

Decided January 7, 1970. Jacob Spiegel wrote the opinion for the court.

254 N.E.2d 408 · Cited 61 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. Lillis · 209 N.E.2d 186
Jones v. United States · 362 U.S. 257
Commonwealth v. Bonomi · 140 N.E.2d 140
Commonwealth v. Holiday · 206 N.E.2d 691
Commonwealth v. Croft · 186 N.E.2d 468
Commonwealth v. Kleciak · 216 N.E.2d 417
Commonwealth v. Albert · 310 Mass. 811
Commonwealth v. Moran · 353 Mass. 166
Commonwealth v. Cuddy · 231 N.E.2d 368

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