Commonwealth v. Gomes

Decided January 12, 2015. Ralph D. Gants wrote the opinion for the court.

470 Mass. 352 · Cited 70 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. Rodriguez · 391 N.E.2d 889
• Commonwealth v. Santoli · 424 Mass. 837
• Commonwealth v. Crayton · 470 Mass. 228
• Commonwealth v. Silva-Santiago · 453 Mass. 782
• Commonwealth v. Collins · 470 Mass. 255
• Commonwealth v. Cruz · 445 Mass. 589
• Commonwealth v. Pressley · 457 N.E.2d 1119
• Commonwealth v. Hyatt · 419 Mass. 815
• Commonwealth v. Franklin · 465 Mass. 895
• Commonwealth v. Walker · 460 Mass. 590
• Commonwealth v. Lanigan · 419 Mass. 15
• Commonwealth v. Martin · 447 Mass. 274
• Commonwealth v. Francis · 453 N.E.2d 1204
• Commonwealth v. Scott · 564 N.E.2d 370
• Irwin v. Commonwealth · 465 Mass. 834
• Commonwealth v. Mello · 420 Mass. 375
• Commonwealth v. Curnin · 565 N.E.2d 440
• Commonwealth v. Watkins · 425 Mass. 830
• Commonwealth v. Cuffie · 609 N.E.2d 437
• Commonwealth v. Watson · 455 Mass. 246
• Commonwealth v. Melvin · 503 N.E.2d 649
• Commonwealth v. Martin · 425 Mass. 718
• Commonwealth v. Perry · 464 N.E.2d 389
• Commonwealth v. Kingsbury · 393 N.E.2d 391
• Commonwealth v. Ogden O. · 448 Mass. 798

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• State of Maine v. Ali M. Mahmoud · 2016 ME 135
• Smiley v. State · 442 Md. 168
• Commonwealth v. Fielding · 119 N.E.3d 328
• Commonwealth v. Johnson · 470 Mass. 389
• Commonwealth v. Davis · 88 Mass. App. Ct. 143
• Commonwealth v. DiBenedetto · 475 Mass. 429
• Commonwealth v. Navarro · 474 Mass. 247

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