Commonwealth v. Melton

Decided March 13, 2002. Martha B. Sosman wrote the opinion for the court.

436 Mass. 291 · Cited 54 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.

• People v. Birreuta · 162 Cal. App. 3d 454
• State v. Hinton · 227 Conn. 301
• Commonwealth v. Slaney · 185 N.E.2d 919
• Commonwealth v. Gorassi · 432 Mass. 244
• Commonwealth v. Musgrave · 421 Mass. 610
• Commonwealth v. Latimore · 393 N.E.2d 370
• State v. Worlock · 569 A.2d 1314
• State v. Wilson · 883 P.2d 320
• Ford v. State · 625 A.2d 984
• Commonwealth v. Fisher · 433 Mass. 340
• Commonwealth v. Donovan · 478 N.E.2d 727
• State v. Fennell · 531 S.E.2d 512
• State v. Henley · 687 P.2d 1220
• Commonwealth v. McGovern · 494 N.E.2d 1298
• Commonwealth v. Crawford · 430 Mass. 683
• Ochoa v. State · 981 P.2d 1201
• Commonwealth v. Accetta · 422 Mass. 642
• State v. Livingston · 420 N.W.2d 223

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• Commonwealth v. Arias · 78 Mass. App. Ct. 429
• State v. Starr · 703 S.E.2d 876
• Commonwealth v. Perez · 437 Mass. 186
• Lloyd v. United States · 806 A.2d 1243
• Commonwealth v. Porro · 458 Mass. 526
• Commonwealth v. Welch · 444 Mass. 80
• Commonwealth v. Morgan · 449 Mass. 343
• Parreira v. Commonwealth · 462 Mass. 667
• Commonwealth v. Scott · 71 Mass. App. Ct. 596

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