Commonwealth v. King

Decided September 29, 2005. Judith Cathy Arnold Cowin wrote the opinion for the court.

445 Mass. 217 · Cited 211 times

Authorship attributed by a unique court + date + surname match against our roster (CourtListener recorded no author id for this opinion); verify against the official text. How we match.

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

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. Licata · 591 N.E.2d 672
• Commonwealth v. Montanez · 439 Mass. 441
• Commonwealth v. Bailey · 348 N.E.2d 746
• Commonwealth v. Scanlon · 592 N.E.2d 1279
• Commonwealth v. Peters · 429 Mass. 22
• Commonwealth v. Lavalley · 574 N.E.2d 1000
• Commonwealth v. Montanino · 567 N.E.2d 1212
• State v. Troupe · 237 Conn. 284
• People v. Brown · 883 P.2d 949
• Commonwealth v. Mamay · 553 N.E.2d 945
• Commonwealth v. Dockham · 542 N.E.2d 591
• Commonwealth v. Quincy Q. · 434 Mass. 859
• Commonwealth v. Fleury · 632 N.E.2d 1230
• Commonwealth v. Gallant · 369 N.E.2d 707
• State v. Hill · 578 A.2d 370
• Commonwealth v. Flebotte · 630 N.E.2d 265
• Commonwealth v. King · 441 N.E.2d 248
• Commonwealth v. Amirault · 535 N.E.2d 193
• Commonwealth v. Chase · 363 N.E.2d 1105
• Commonwealth v. Sanchez · 540 N.E.2d 1316
• Commonwealth v. Maldonado · 429 Mass. 502
• Commonwealth v. Dagley · 442 Mass. 713
• Commonwealth v. Kirouac · 542 N.E.2d 270
• Commonwealth v. Latimore · 393 N.E.2d 370
• State v. Middleton · 657 P.2d 1215

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• State v. Daniel W. E. · 142 A.3d 265
• Commonwealth v. Asenjo · 477 Mass. 599
• Commonwealth v. Murungu · 450 Mass. 441
• Commonwealth v. Espinal · 121 N.E.3d 1189
• Commonwealth v. Aviles · 461 Mass. 60
• Commonwealth v. Roby · 462 Mass. 398
• Commonwealth v. Kebreau · 454 Mass. 287
• Commonwealth v. McCoy · 456 Mass. 838
• Commonwealth v. Hartnett · 72 Mass. App. Ct. 467
• Commonwealth v. Mayotte · 475 Mass. 254
• Commonwealth v. Alvarez · 103 N.E.3d 1202
• Commonwealth v. Dale · 86 Mass. App. Ct. 187
• Commonwealth v. Hoyt · 461 Mass. 143
• Commonwealth v. Lessieur · 472 Mass. 317
• Commonwealth v. Dargon · 457 Mass. 387
• State of Maine v. John A. Fahnley · 2015 ME 82
• Commonwealth v. Arana · 453 Mass. 214
• Commonwealth v. Stuckich · 450 Mass. 449
• Borchgrevink v. State · 239 P.3d 410
• People v. Rosario · 17 N.Y.3d 501
• Commonwealth v. Kelly · 470 Mass. 682
• Commonwealth v. Medina · 64 Mass. App. Ct. 708
• Commonwealth v. Ramsey · 76 Mass. App. Ct. 844
• Commonwealth v. Vick · 454 Mass. 418
• Hanson v. State · 180 S.W.3d 726

Explore from here

Judith Cathy Arnold Cowin’s Judicial Record · Mass. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).