State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Joyce

Decided January 6, 1981. Paul J. Liacos wrote the opinion for the court.

415 N.E.2d 181 · Cited 136 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. Haywood · 388 N.E.2d 648
Commonwealth v. McKay · 294 N.E.2d 213
Commonwealth v. Ferrara · 330 N.E.2d 837
Commonwealth v. Bohannon · 378 N.E.2d 987
Commonwealth v. West · 312 Mass. 438
Commonwealth v. Redmond · 258 N.E.2d 287
State v. DeLawder · 344 A.2d 446
Commonwealth v. Santos · 384 N.E.2d 1202
Commonwealth v. Manning · 327 N.E.2d 715
Commonwealth v. Soares · 387 N.E.2d 499
United States v. Jin Fuey Moy · 241 U.S. 394
Commonwealth v. Graziano · 331 N.E.2d 808
Commonwealth v. LaCorte · 369 N.E.2d 1006
Commonwealth v. Dougan · 386 N.E.2d 1
Commonwealth v. Gouveia · 358 N.E.2d 1001
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore, Inc. v. Esham · 406 A.2d 928
Commonwealth v. Cheek · 373 N.E.2d 1161
Commonwealth v. Ahearn · 346 N.E.2d 907
Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court · 401 N.E.2d 360
Commonwealth v. Hicks · 384 N.E.2d 1206
Murphy v. Charlestown Savings Bank · 405 N.E.2d 954
State v. Elijah · 289 N.W. 575
State v. Williams · 580 P.2d 1341

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Commonwealth v. Elder · 452 N.E.2d 1104
State v. Johnson · 944 P.2d 869
State v. Herndon · 426 N.W.2d 347
State v. Howard · 121 N.H. 53
State v. Crims · 540 N.W.2d 860
Commonwealth v. Simcock · 575 N.E.2d 1137
Commonwealth v. Lefkowitz · 481 N.E.2d 227
State v. Gregory · 158 Wash. 2d 759
Commonwealth v. Henson · 476 N.E.2d 947
State v. R.W. · 104 N.J. 14
Commonwealth v. Stockhammer · 570 N.E.2d 992
Allen v. State · 700 S.W.2d 924
People v. LaLone · 437 N.W.2d 611
Summitt v. State · 697 P.2d 1374
State v. Brown · 199 Conn. 47
State v. Sheline · 955 S.W.2d 42
State v. Brown · 636 S.W.2d 929
Commonwealth v. Elliot · 473 N.E.2d 1121
State v. Vonesh · 400 N.W.2d 508
People v. Williams · 330 N.W.2d 823

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