State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Hall

Decided February 10, 1975. Benjamin Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

323 N.E.2d 319 · Cited 126 times

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Precedents cited

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 · 267 N.E.2d 213
Commonwealth v. Thomas · 267 N.E.2d 489
Commonwealth v. Snow · 298 N.E.2d 804
Commonwealth v. Avery · 309 N.E.2d 497
Sabbath v. United States · 391 U.S. 585
Lorenzana v. Superior Court · 511 P.2d 33
People v. Haven · 59 Cal. 2d 713
People v. Berutko · 71 Cal. 2d 84
Commonwealth v. Stevens · 283 N.E.2d 673
Commonwealth v. Haefeli · 279 N.E.2d 915
Commonwealth v. Spofford · 180 N.E.2d 673
Ludlow v. State · 314 N.E.2d 750
Commonwealth v. Rand · 296 N.E.2d 200
Commonwealth v. Todisco · 294 N.E.2d 860
United States v. St. Clair · 240 F. Supp. 338
Commonwealth v. Anderson · 284 N.E.2d 219
United States v. Small · 297 F. Supp. 582
United States v. Lewis · 227 F. Supp. 433
State v. Patterson · 220 N.W.2d 235
United States v. Epstein · 240 F. Supp. 80
United States v. Blank · 251 F. Supp. 166
State v. Mills · 98 S.E.2d 329
United States v. Carignan · 286 F. Supp. 284
Commonwealth v. Lillis · 209 N.E.2d 186
State v. Di Bartolo · 276 So. 2d 291

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Sullivan v. District Court of Hampshire · 429 N.E.2d 335
Commonwealth v. Panetti · 547 N.E.2d 46
Commonwealth v. a Juvenile (No. 2) · 580 N.E.2d 1014
Commonwealth v. Lee · 585 N.E.2d 759
Commonwealth v. White · 371 N.E.2d 777
Commonwealth v. Vynorius · 336 N.E.2d 898
Brown v. United States · 627 A.2d 499
State v. Brown · 198 Conn. 348
Stackhouse v. State · 468 A.2d 333
Commonwealth v. Kaufman · 408 N.E.2d 871
State v. Cote · 126 N.H. 514
Amir v. State · 45 S.W.3d 88
State v. Sealy · 208 Conn. 689
State v. Torres · 36 Conn. App. 488
Sadie v. State · 488 So. 2d 1368
Commonwealth v. DiAntonio · 395 N.E.2d 358
State v. Alexander · 972 A.2d 252
Commonwealth v. Yesilciman · 550 N.E.2d 378
Commonwealth v. Young · 416 N.E.2d 944
Commonwealth v. Martino · 588 N.E.2d 651
Commonwealth v. Ortiz · 380 N.E.2d 669

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