Commonwealth v. Jones

Decided January 30, 1981. Edward F. Hennessey wrote the opinion for the court.

416 N.E.2d 502 · Cited 202 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.

• Costarelli v. Commonwealth · 373 N.E.2d 1183
• Kuklis v. Commonwealth · 280 N.E.2d 155
• Commonwealth v. Campbell · 226 N.E.2d 211
• People v. Jankowski · 289 N.W.2d 674
• Fadden v. Commonwealth · 382 N.E.2d 1054
• Commonwealth v. Maguire · 313 Mass. 669
• Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299
• Custody of a Minor · 379 N.E.2d 1053
• McCreary v. State · 371 So. 2d 1024
• Commonwealth v. Tabor · 384 N.E.2d 190
• Salemme v. Commonwealth · 348 N.E.2d 799
• Commonwealth v. Cerveny · 367 N.E.2d 802
• Commonwealth v. Hayes · 362 N.E.2d 905
• Commonwealth v. Grasso · 375 N.E.2d 708
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 399 N.E.2d 1087
• State v. London · 162 A.2d 150
• State v. Young · 371 So. 2d 1029
• Commonwealth v. Catania · 385 N.E.2d 509
• Commonwealth v. White (No. 2) · 311 N.E.2d 547

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• Commonwealth v. Rivas · 466 Mass. 184
• Commonwealth v. Carlson · 447 Mass. 79
• Commonwealth v. Pileeki · 62 Mass. App. Ct. 505
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