Commonwealth v. Goodreau

Decided August 12, 2004. Martha B. Sosman wrote the opinion for the court.

442 Mass. 341 · Cited 93 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. Stewart · 418 N.E.2d 1219
• Commonwealth v. Robbins · 431 Mass. 442
• Commonwealth v. Laurore · 437 Mass. 65
• Commonwealth v. Bys · 348 N.E.2d 431
• Commonwealth v. Arriaga · 438 Mass. 556
• Commonwealth v. Evans · 439 Mass. 184
• Commonwealth v. Colantoni · 488 N.E.2d 394
• Commonwealth v. Ira I. · 439 Mass. 805
• Commonwealth v. Lameire · 50 Mass. App. Ct. 271
• Commonwealth v. Morrow · 296 N.E.2d 468
• Commonwealth v. Licata · 591 N.E.2d 672
• Commonwealth v. Lopez · 426 Mass. 657
• Commonwealth v. Britto · 433 Mass. 596
• Commonwealth v. DeVincent · 421 Mass. 64
• Commonwealth v. Grant · 426 Mass. 667
• Commonwealth v. Thomas · 503 N.E.2d 456
• Commonwealth v. Conaghan · 433 Mass. 105
• Commonwealth v. Farley · 432 Mass. 153

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• Commonwealth v. Martinez · 86 Mass. App. Ct. 545
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• Commonwealth v. Hunt · 73 Mass. App. Ct. 616
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