Commonwealth v. Latimore

Decided August 7, 1979. Francis Quirico wrote the opinion for the court.

393 N.E.2d 370 · Cited 1,893 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. Fancy · 207 N.E.2d 276
• Commonwealth v. Sandler · 335 N.E.2d 903
• Commonwealth v. Vitello · 381 N.E.2d 582
• Commonwealth v. McInerney · 365 N.E.2d 815
• Commonwealth v. Clifford · 372 N.E.2d 1267
• Commonwealth v. Zukoski · 345 N.E.2d 690
• Commonwealth v. Nordstrom · 103 N.E.2d 711
• Commonwealth v. Nelson · 346 N.E.2d 839
• Commonwealth v. Seay · 383 N.E.2d 828
• Commonwealth v. Peters · 361 N.E.2d 1277
• Commonwealth v. Vellucci · 284 Mass. 443
• Commonwealth v. Campbell · 376 N.E.2d 872
• Commonwealth v. Dunphy · 386 N.E.2d 1036
• Commonwealth v. Pratt · 277 N.E.2d 517
• Commonwealth v. King · 373 N.E.2d 208
• Commonwealth v. Greene · 362 N.E.2d 910
• Commonwealth v. Rooney · 313 N.E.2d 105
• Commonwealth v. Watkins · 370 N.E.2d 701
• Commonwealth v. Ancillo · 214 N.E.2d 870
• Commonwealth v. Stillwell · 313 N.E.2d 872
• Commonwealth v. Cavedon · 301 Mass. 307

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