State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Ellison

Decided July 18, 1978. Benjamin Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

379 N.E.2d 560 · Cited 140 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.

Leonard v. Taylor · 315 Mass. 580
Commonwealth v. Lewinski · 329 N.E.2d 738
Commonwealth v. Cassesso · 276 N.E.2d 698
Commonwealth v. Mains · 374 N.E.2d 576
Commonwealth v. Richardson · 296 N.E.2d 709
Commonwealth v. Walker · 350 N.E.2d 678
Commonwealth v. Richards · 293 N.E.2d 854
Commonwealth v. Stone · 320 N.E.2d 888
Commonwealth v. Baker · 190 N.E.2d 555
Earl v. Commonwealth · 248 N.E.2d 498
Commonwealth v. Pisa · 363 N.E.2d 245
Fine v. Commonwealth · 312 Mass. 252
Commonwealth v. Nolin · 364 N.E.2d 1224
Commonwealth v. Donahue · 344 N.E.2d 886
Commonwealth v. Marsh · 242 N.E.2d 545
Commonwealth v. Reynolds · 154 N.E.2d 130
Commonwealth v. McCarthy · 378 N.E.2d 429
Commonwealth v. Bowman · 370 N.E.2d 435
Commonwealth v. DeChristoforo · 353 N.E.2d 769
Commonwealth v. Thompson · 286 N.E.2d 333
Commonwealth v. Medina · 364 N.E.2d 203
Commonwealth v. Rutledge · 254 N.E.2d 239

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