State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Gouveia

Decided December 21, 1976. Robert Braucher wrote the opinion for the court.

358 N.E.2d 1001 · Cited 67 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. McKay · 294 N.E.2d 213
Commonwealth v. Domanski · 123 N.E.2d 368
Commonwealth v. De Christoforo · 277 N.E.2d 100
Commonwealth v. Graziano · 331 N.E.2d 808
Commonwealth v. Bailey · 348 N.E.2d 746
Commonwealth v. Franklin · 318 N.E.2d 469
Commonwealth v. Doherty · 229 N.E.2d 267
Commonwealth v. Redmond · 351 N.E.2d 501
Commonwealth v. Gardner · 216 N.E.2d 558
Connor v. Commonwealth · 296 N.E.2d 172

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Commonwealth v. Burke · 369 N.E.2d 451
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