State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Fancy

Decided May 4, 1965. John Spalding wrote the opinion for the court.

207 N.E.2d 276 · Cited 202 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. Smith · 172 N.E.2d 597
Nardone v. United States · 308 U.S. 338
Commonwealth v. O'Brien · 305 Mass. 393
Commonwealth v. Burke · 159 N.E.2d 856
Commonwealth v. Iannello · 184 N.E.2d 364
Commonwealth v. Carter · 306 Mass. 141
Commonwealth v. Swartz · 180 N.E.2d 685
Commonwealth v. Torrealba · 316 Mass. 24
Commonwealth v. Palladino · 195 N.E.2d 769
Commonwealth v. Bouchard · 198 N.E.2d 411
Credit Service Corp. v. Barker · 308 Mass. 476
Hillery v. Hillery · 173 N.E.2d 269
Commonwealth v. Curry · 166 N.E.2d 714
Commonwealth v. Connors · 185 N.E.2d 629
Commonwealth v. Brant · 190 N.E.2d 900
Commonwealth v. Berwick · 346 Mass. 5

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Commonwealth v. Nelson · 346 N.E.2d 839
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Commonwealth v. Doherty · 229 N.E.2d 267
Commonwealth v. Stirling · 218 N.E.2d 81
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Commonwealth v. Tirella · 249 N.E.2d 573
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