State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Haas

Decided November 1, 1977. Edward F. Hennessey wrote the opinion for the court.

369 N.E.2d 692 · Cited 209 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. Mahnke · 335 N.E.2d 660
Commonwealth v. Sazama · 158 N.E.2d 313
Walder v. United States · 347 U.S. 62
Commonwealth v. Borodine · 353 N.E.2d 649
Commonwealth v. Smith · 172 N.E.2d 597
Commonwealth v. Snow · 298 N.E.2d 804
Commonwealth v. Harris · 303 N.E.2d 115
Commonwealth v. Andrews · 721 N.E.2d 233
Commonwealth v. Silva · 318 N.E.2d 895
Commonwealth v. Earltop · 361 N.E.2d 220
Blaisdell v. Commonwealth · 364 N.E.2d 191
Commonwealth v. Montecalvo · 323 N.E.2d 888
Commonwealth v. Murphy · 289 N.E.2d 571
Commonwealth v. Burke · 159 N.E.2d 856
Commonwealth v. Bumpus · 290 N.E.2d 167
Commonwealth v. Fatalo · 191 N.E.2d 479
Commonwealth v. Boris · 317 Mass. 309
Commonwealth v. Nordstrom · 103 N.E.2d 711
Commonwealth v. Gouveia · 358 N.E.2d 1001
Commonwealth v. Bumpus · 309 N.E.2d 491
Commonwealth v. Fielding · 353 N.E.2d 719
Commonwealth v. Simpson · 345 N.E.2d 899
Commonwealth v. Johnson · 361 N.E.2d 212
Commonwealth v. Killelea · 351 N.E.2d 509
Commonwealth v. Banuchi · 141 N.E.2d 835

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Commonwealth v. White · 371 N.E.2d 777
Commonwealth v. Haas · 501 N.E.2d 1154
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