State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Moffett

Decided March 24, 1981. Edward F. Hennessey wrote the opinion for the court.

418 N.E.2d 585 · Cited 153 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. Rodriguez · 391 N.E.2d 889
Commonwealth v. Bowden · 399 N.E.2d 482
Commonwealth v. Adams · 375 N.E.2d 681
Commonwealth v. Barnett · 354 N.E.2d 879
Commonwealth v. Napolitano · 393 N.E.2d 338
Sanchez v. State · 450 P.2d 793
Cleghorn v. State · 198 N.W.2d 577
People v. Wende · 600 P.2d 1071
Currie v. State · 516 S.W.2d 684
Commonwealth v. Saferian · 315 N.E.2d 878
Commonwealth v. Freeman · 227 N.E.2d 3
Commonwealth v. Soares · 387 N.E.2d 499
Smith v. Bennett · 365 U.S. 708
Commonwealth v. Appleby · 402 N.E.2d 1051
Commonwealth v. Campbell · 393 N.E.2d 820
Commonwealth v. Williams · 391 N.E.2d 1202
Commonwealth v. Greer · 455 Pa. 106
Commonwealth v. Clifford · 372 N.E.2d 1267
Commonwealth v. Bumpus · 309 N.E.2d 491
Commonwealth v. Daigle · 399 N.E.2d 1063
Commonwealth v. Pinnick · 234 N.E.2d 756
Commonwealth v. Sullivan · 239 N.E.2d 5
State v. Gates · 466 S.W.2d 681
Commonwealth v. Core · 348 N.E.2d 777
Commonwealth v. Denault · 289 N.E.2d 863

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