Commonwealth v. McCarthy

Decided January 29, 1982. Ruth Abrams wrote the opinion for the court.

430 N.E.2d 1195 · Cited 275 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.

• Connor v. Commonwealth · 296 N.E.2d 172
• Commonwealth v. St. Pierre · 387 N.E.2d 1135
• Lataille v. District Court of Eastern Hampden · 320 N.E.2d 877
• Commonwealth v. Lincoln · 331 N.E.2d 533
• Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1
• United States v. Ball · 163 U.S. 662
• Commonwealth v. Soares · 387 N.E.2d 499
• Commonwealth v. Delgado · 326 N.E.2d 716
• Commonwealth v. Morrow · 296 N.E.2d 468
• Myers v. Commonwealth · 298 N.E.2d 819
• Commonwealth v. Stevens · 283 N.E.2d 673
• Commonwealth v. Benders · 282 N.E.2d 405
• Commonwealth v. Galvin · 323 Mass. 205
• Commonwealth v. Gibson · 333 N.E.2d 400
• Commonwealth v. Robinson · 368 N.E.2d 1210
• Burke v. Commonwealth · 365 N.E.2d 811
• Commonwealth v. Allen · 400 N.E.2d 229
• Gordon v. State Street Bank & Trust Co. · 280 N.E.2d 152

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• Commonwealth v. Cook · 426 Mass. 174
• Commonwealth v. Coonan · 428 Mass. 823
• Commonwealth v. Levesque · 436 Mass. 443
• Commonwealth v. Leach · 73 Mass. App. Ct. 758
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• Commonwealth v. Arroyo · 442 Mass. 135
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• Commonwealth v. Edgerly · 435 N.E.2d 641
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