Commonwealth v. Ferrara

Decided September 29, 1978. Robert Braucher wrote the opinion for the court.

381 N.E.2d 141 · Cited 75 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. McCleery · 186 N.E.2d 469
• Commonwealth v. Silva · 318 N.E.2d 895
• Commonwealth v. Almeida · 366 N.E.2d 756
• Commonwealth v. Ling · 346 N.E.2d 703
• Commonwealth v. Spofford · 180 N.E.2d 673
• Commonwealth v. Cavanaugh · 317 N.E.2d 480
• Commonwealth v. Dirring · 238 N.E.2d 508
• Commonwealth v. Hawkes · 291 N.E.2d 411

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• Commonwealth v. Loughlin · 430 N.E.2d 823
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• Commonwealth v. Gonsalves · 429 Mass. 658
• Commonwealth v. Torres · 40 Mass. App. Ct. 6
• State v. Kennedy · 726 P.2d 445
• Commonwealth v. Santana · 420 Mass. 205
• Commonwealth v. Moses · 557 N.E.2d 14
• Commonwealth v. Wren · 463 N.E.2d 344
• Rose v. Town of Concord · 971 F. Supp. 47
• Commonwealth v. Mateo-German · 453 Mass. 838
• Commonwealth v. Thibeau · 429 N.E.2d 1009
• Commonwealth v. Cruz · 459 Mass. 459
• Commonwealth v. Bacon · 411 N.E.2d 772
• Commonwealth v. Torres · 433 Mass. 669
• Commonwealth v. Feyenord · 445 Mass. 72
• Commonwealth v. Podgurski · 436 N.E.2d 150
• Commonwealth v. Mubdi · 456 Mass. 385
• Commonwealth v. Depina · 456 Mass. 238
• Commonwealth v. Stampley · 437 Mass. 323
• Commonwealth v. Vazquez · 426 Mass. 99
• Commonwealth v. Stephens · 451 Mass. 370
• Commonwealth v. Dellinger · 422 N.E.2d 1346
• Commonwealth v. Watts · 74 Mass. App. Ct. 514
• Commonwealth v. Modica · 508 N.E.2d 882
• Commonwealth v. Whitehead · 85 Mass. App. Ct. 134

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