Commonwealth v. Groome

Decided October 5, 2001. Martha B. Sosman wrote the opinion for the court.

435 Mass. 201 · Cited 117 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. Bermudez · 348 N.E.2d 802
• Commonwealth v. Vanderpool · 328 N.E.2d 833
• Commonwealth v. Schnopps · 417 N.E.2d 1213
• Commonwealth v. Morse · 427 Mass. 117
• Commonwealth v. Torres · 424 Mass. 792
• Commonwealth v. Bryant · 459 N.E.2d 792
• Commonwealth v. Andrade · 422 Mass. 236
• Commonwealth v. Estremera · 419 N.E.2d 835
• Commonwealth v. Philip S. · 611 N.E.2d 226
• Commonwealth v. Benjamin · 430 Mass. 673
• Commonwealth v. Haas · 369 N.E.2d 692
• People v. Davis · 633 P.2d 186
• State v. Furman · 858 P.2d 1092
• Commonwealth v. Magee · 423 Mass. 381
• Commonwealth v. Gil · 471 N.E.2d 30
• Commonwealth v. McLeod · 477 N.E.2d 972
• Commonwealth v. Edwards · 420 Mass. 666
• Commonwealth v. Larkin · 429 Mass. 426
• Commonwealth v. Fryar · 610 N.E.2d 903
• Commonwealth v. Haas · 501 N.E.2d 1154
• Commonwealth v. Fryar · 425 Mass. 237
• Commonwealth v. Accaputo · 404 N.E.2d 1204
• Commonwealth v. Jackson · 386 N.E.2d 15
• Commonwealth v. Diaz · 422 Mass. 269
• Commonwealth v. Freeman · 430 Mass. 111

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• Commonwealth v. Clemente · 452 Mass. 295
• Commonwealth v. Kirwan · 448 Mass. 304
• Commonwealth v. Brum · 438 Mass. 103
• Commonwealth v. Zagrodny · 443 Mass. 93
• State v. Muntean · 2010 VT 88
• Commonwealth v. Caldwell · 459 Mass. 271
• Commonwealth v. Rivera · 121 N.E.3d 1251
• Commonwealth v. Garcia · 443 Mass. 824
• Commonwealth v. Liptak · 80 Mass. App. Ct. 76
• Commonwealth v. Sneed · 56 Mass. App. Ct. 391
• Commonwealth v. DiGiambattista · 442 Mass. 423
• Commonwealth v. Acevedo · 446 Mass. 435
• Commonwealth v. DePeiza · 449 Mass. 367
• Commonwealth v. Simon · 456 Mass. 280
• Commonwealth v. Denis · 442 Mass. 617

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