Commonwealth v. Harrington

Decided January 9, 1980. Francis Quirico wrote the opinion for the court.

399 N.E.2d 475 · Cited 175 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. Stokes · 374 N.E.2d 87
• Connolly v. Commonwealth · 387 N.E.2d 519
• Commonwealth v. Harrington · 7 Mass. App. Ct. 665
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez · 352 N.E.2d 203
• Commonwealth v. McLaughlin · 303 N.E.2d 338
• Commonwealth v. Harris · 380 N.E.2d 642
• Commonwealth v. Grace · 381 N.E.2d 139
• Gagne v. Commonwealth · 377 N.E.2d 919
• Commonwealth v. Delgado · 326 N.E.2d 716
• Commonwealth v. Dickerson · 364 N.E.2d 1052
• Commonwealth v. Vanderpool · 328 N.E.2d 833
• Commonwealth v. Kendrick · 218 N.E.2d 408
• Commonwealth v. Fluker · 385 N.E.2d 256
• Commonwealth v. Collins · 373 N.E.2d 969
• Commonwealth v. Maguire · 378 N.E.2d 445
• Commonwealth v. Ferrara · 330 N.E.2d 837
• Commonwealth v. DiPietro · 369 N.E.2d 811
• Commonwealth v. Ladetto · 207 N.E.2d 536
• Gibson v. Commonwealth · 387 N.E.2d 123
• Commonwealth v. Monico · 366 N.E.2d 1241
• Commonwealth v. Harrington · 323 N.E.2d 895
• Commonwealth v. Burke · 172 N.E.2d 605
• Pfeiffer v. Salas · 271 N.E.2d 750

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• Commonwealth v. Robinson · 415 N.E.2d 805
• Commonwealth v. Pring-Wilson · 448 Mass. 718
• Commonwealth v. Espada · 450 Mass. 687
• Commonwealth v. Burbank · 448 N.E.2d 735
• Commonwealth v. Paton · 579 N.E.2d 177
• Commonwealth v. Amirault · 424 Mass. 618
• Commonwealth v. Curtis · 632 N.E.2d 821
• Commonwealth v. Walden · 405 N.E.2d 939
• Commonwealth v. LeFave · 430 Mass. 169
• Commonwealth v. Fitzgerald · 406 N.E.2d 389
• Commonwealth v. Albert · 391 Mass. 853
• Commonwealth v. Fontes · 488 N.E.2d 760
• Commonwealth v. Barbosa · 463 Mass. 116
• Commonwealth v. Zezima · 443 N.E.2d 1282
• Commonwealth v. Epsom · 503 N.E.2d 954
• Commonwealth v. Walczak · 463 Mass. 808
• Commonwealth v. Cataldo · 423 Mass. 318
• Commonwealth v. Santos · 454 Mass. 770
• Commonwealth v. Gonzalez · 465 Mass. 672
• Commonwealth v. Deagle · 412 N.E.2d 911
• Commonwealth v. Zaccagnini · 420 N.E.2d 350

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