State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Meehan

Decided March 19, 1979. Benjamin Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

387 N.E.2d 527 · Cited 148 times

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Precedents cited

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. Mahnke · 335 N.E.2d 660
Commonwealth v. Watkins · 379 N.E.2d 1040
Robinson v. State · 189 S.E.2d 53
Commonwealth v. White · 371 N.E.2d 777
Commonwealth v. Cruz · 369 N.E.2d 996
Commonwealth v. Bond · 375 N.E.2d 1214
Frazier v. Cupp · 394 U.S. 731
Commonwealth v. Haas · 369 N.E.2d 692
McCorquodale v. State · 211 S.E.2d 577
Commonwealth v. Jones · 287 N.E.2d 599
State v. Pruitt · 212 S.E.2d 92
Commonwealth v. Bordner · 432 Pa. 405
Commonwealth v. Daniels · 321 N.E.2d 822
Commonwealth v. Murray · 269 N.E.2d 641
Commonwealth v. Alicea · 381 N.E.2d 144
State v. Tardiff · 374 A.2d 598
People v. Hubbard · 302 N.E.2d 609
Commonwealth v. Harris · 303 N.E.2d 115
Commonwealth v. Moynihan · 381 N.E.2d 575
Commonwealth v. Harmond · 382 N.E.2d 203
Commonwealth v. Cain · 279 N.E.2d 706
State v. Fuqua · 152 S.E.2d 68
United States v. Massey · 437 F. Supp. 843
Soolook v. State · 447 P.2d 55
Commonwealth v. Slaney · 215 N.E.2d 177

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Commonwealth v. Johnson · 463 Mass. 95
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Commonwealth v. DiGiambattista · 442 Mass. 423
Commonwealth v. Forde · 466 N.E.2d 510
Commonwealth v. Baye · 462 Mass. 246
State v. Woodson · 382 S.E.2d 519
Commonwealth v. O'Brian · 445 Mass. 720
People v. Diaz · 77 A.D.2d 523
State v. Kelekolio · 849 P.2d 58
State v. Badger · 450 A.2d 336
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Commonwealth v. Shipps · 507 N.E.2d 671
People v. Holland · 520 N.E.2d 270
Commonwealth v. Shine · 500 N.E.2d 1299

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