Commonwealth v. Larkin

Decided April 16, 1999. Charles Fried wrote the opinion for the court.

429 Mass. 426 · Cited 83 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. Morse · 427 Mass. 117
• Commonwealth v. Watkins · 379 N.E.2d 1040
• Commonwealth v. Diaz · 422 Mass. 269
• Commonwealth v. Smith · 593 N.E.2d 1288
• Commonwealth v. DiBenedetto · 427 Mass. 414
• Commonwealth v. Sarourt Nom · 426 Mass. 152
• Commonwealth v. Phinney · 622 N.E.2d 617
• Commonwealth v. Tavares · 430 N.E.2d 1198
• State v. Warner · 889 P.2d 479
• Commonwealth v. Gil · 471 N.E.2d 30
• Commonwealth v. Fryar · 610 N.E.2d 903
• Commonwealth v. Fryar · 425 Mass. 237
• People v. Alls · 629 N.E.2d 1018
• Commonwealth v. Snyder · 597 N.E.2d 1363
• Commonwealth v. Prater · 420 Mass. 569
• Commonwealth v. Bookman · 436 N.E.2d 1228
• Commonwealth v. Jung · 420 Mass. 675
• Alford v. State · 699 N.E.2d 247
• Commonwealth v. Williams · 448 N.E.2d 1114
• Commonwealth v. Hine · 471 N.E.2d 1342
• Commonwealth v. Osachuk · 635 N.E.2d 1192
• Commonwealth v. Alicea · 428 Mass. 711
• Commonwealth v. O'TOOLE · 223 N.E.2d 87
• Toliver v. Gathright · 501 F. Supp. 148
• Commonwealth v. Cartagena · 435 N.E.2d 352

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• Commonwealth v. Santos · 463 Mass. 273
• Commonwealth v. Koumaris · 440 Mass. 405
• Commonwealth v. John · 442 Mass. 329
• Commonwealth v. DiGiambattista · 442 Mass. 423
• State v. Guthrie · 518 S.E.2d 83
• State v. James · 225 P.3d 1169
• Commonwealth v. Wardsworth · 124 N.E.3d 662
• Commonwealth v. Bly · 448 Mass. 473
• Commonwealth v. Perry · 432 Mass. 214
• Commonwealth v. Thomas · 469 Mass. 531
• Commonwealth v. Almonte · 444 Mass. 511
• Commonwealth v. Morales · 461 Mass. 765
• Commonwealth v. Wadlington · 467 Mass. 192
• Lindsey v. United States · 911 A.2d 824
• Noyakuk v. State · 127 P.3d 856
• John v. Russo · 455 F. Supp. 2d 1
• United States v. Mittel-Carey · 456 F. Supp. 2d 296
• United States v. Landry · 345 F. Supp. 2d 118
• Commonwealth v. Groome · 435 Mass. 201
• Commonwealth v. Silanskas · 433 Mass. 678

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