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Commonwealth v. Kozec

Decided March 24, 1987. Herbert P. Wilkins wrote the opinion for the court.

505 N.E.2d 519 · Cited 348 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. Kozec · 487 N.E.2d 216
Commonwealth v. Shelley · 373 N.E.2d 951
Commonwealth v. Earltop · 361 N.E.2d 220
Commonwealth v. Smith · 444 N.E.2d 374
Commonwealth v. Hoppin · 438 N.E.2d 820
Commonwealth v. Hawley · 401 N.E.2d 827
Commonwealth v. Bradshaw · 431 N.E.2d 880
Commonwealth v. Borodine · 353 N.E.2d 649
Commonwealth v. Clary · 447 N.E.2d 1217
Commonwealth v. Burke · 369 N.E.2d 451
Commonwealth v. Bourgeois · 465 N.E.2d 1180
Commonwealth v. Domanski · 123 N.E.2d 368
Commonwealth v. Haas · 369 N.E.2d 692
Commonwealth v. Fitzgerald · 381 N.E.2d 123
Commonwealth v. Mahdi · 448 N.E.2d 357
Commonwealth v. De Christoforo · 277 N.E.2d 100
Commonwealth v. Connor · 467 N.E.2d 1340
Commonwealth v. Graziano · 331 N.E.2d 808
Commonwealth v. Roberts · 389 N.E.2d 998
Commonwealth v. Toro · 480 N.E.2d 19
Commonwealth v. Haas · 501 N.E.2d 1154
Commonwealth v. Lamrini · 467 N.E.2d 95
Commonwealth v. Coleman · 322 N.E.2d 407
Commonwealth v. Cancel · 476 N.E.2d 610
Commonwealth v. Palmariello · 466 N.E.2d 805

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