State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Ferreira

Decided July 22, 1977. Edward F. Hennessey wrote the opinion for the court.

364 N.E.2d 1264 · Cited 148 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. Mutina · 323 N.E.2d 294
Commonwealth v. Dickerson · 364 N.E.2d 1052
Commonwealth v. Coleman · 322 N.E.2d 407
Commonwealth v. Burnett · 353 N.E.2d 665
Commonwealth v. Ferguson · 365 Mass. 1
Commonwealth v. Gilday · 327 N.E.2d 851
Commonwealth v. Bumpus · 290 N.E.2d 167
Commonwealth v. Bumpus · 309 N.E.2d 491
Commonwealth v. Fielding · 353 N.E.2d 719
Commonwealth v. Therrien · 355 N.E.2d 913
Commonwealth v. Smith · 109 N.E.2d 120
Commonwealth v. Rego · 274 N.E.2d 795
Commonwealth v. Gerald · 252 N.E.2d 344
Commonwealth v. Galvin · 310 Mass. 733
Commonwealth v. Fatalo · 185 N.E.2d 754
Commonwealth v. McNeil · 104 N.E.2d 153
Commonwealth v. Libby · 266 N.E.2d 641
Commonwealth v. Kerrigan · 188 N.E.2d 484
Commonwealth v. Goodwin · 255 N.E.2d 188

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Commonwealth v. Grace · 412 N.E.2d 354
Commonwealth v. McGrath · 437 Mass. 46
Commonwealth v. Garcia · 399 N.E.2d 460
Commonwealth v. Smith · 407 N.E.2d 1291
Commonwealth v. Latimore · 423 Mass. 129
Bumpus v. Gunter · 452 F. Supp. 1060
Commonwealth v. Limone · 573 N.E.2d 1
Commonwealth v. Bonds · 424 Mass. 698
Gilday v. Callahan · 866 F. Supp. 611
Commonwealth v. Williams · 391 N.E.2d 1202
Commonwealth v. Grace · 381 N.E.2d 139
Hilbish v. State · 891 P.2d 841
Miller · 71 Mass. App. Ct. 625
State v. Biegenwald · 524 A.2d 130
Commonwealth v. Gunter · 427 Mass. 259
Commonwealth v. Drew · 489 N.E.2d 1233
Commonwealth v. Smallwood · 401 N.E.2d 802
Commonwealth v. Ferreira · 409 N.E.2d 188
Commonwealth v. Wood · 404 N.E.2d 1223
Commonwealth v. Ambers · 493 N.E.2d 837
Commonwealth v. Chatman · 406 N.E.2d 1037
State v. Cooper · 700 A.2d 306

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