Commonwealth v. Lopez

Decided February 6, 1998. John M. Greaney wrote the opinion for the court.

426 Mass. 657 · Cited 102 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. Quinones · 608 N.E.2d 724
• Commonwealth v. Foster · 330 N.E.2d 155
• Commonwealth v. DeMarco · 440 N.E.2d 1282
• Commonwealth v. Fanelli · 590 N.E.2d 186
• Brady v. United States · 397 U.S. 742
• Blankenship v. State · 858 S.W.2d 897
• State v. Shelton · 621 So. 2d 769
• Commonwealth v. Amirault · 424 Mass. 618
• Commonwealth v. Stewart · 418 N.E.2d 1219
• State v. White · 508 N.W.2d 554
• Commonwealth v. Duquette · 438 N.E.2d 334
• People v. Carpentier · 521 N.W.2d 195
• James v. Commonwealth · 446 S.E.2d 900
• Lykken v. Class · 1997 SD 29
• Commonwealth v. Mahadeo · 491 N.E.2d 601
• Commonwealth v. Lewis · 506 N.E.2d 891
• Commonwealth v. Colantoni · 488 N.E.2d 394
• State v. Porter · 671 A.2d 1280
• People v. Padilla · 907 P.2d 601
• Lingler v. State · 644 N.E.2d 131
• Bruner v. Carver · 920 P.2d 1153
• State v. Patterson · 939 P.2d 909
• State v. Perry · 938 P.2d 1325
• United States v. Payne · 894 F. Supp. 534
• State v. Beloit · 844 P.2d 18

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• Commonwealth v. Laurore · 437 Mass. 65
• State v. Johnson · 2012 ME 39
• United States v. Turner · 793 F. Supp. 2d 495
• Commonwealth v. Haskell · 76 Mass. App. Ct. 284
• State v. McCann · 197 Ariz. 6
• Commonwealth v. Goodreau · 442 Mass. 341
• State v. Probst · 124 P.3d 1237
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