Commonwealth v. Ortega

Decided March 10, 2004. Roderick L. Ireland wrote the opinion for the court.

441 Mass. 170 · Cited 81 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. Saferian · 315 N.E.2d 878
• Commonwealth v. Jimenez · 438 Mass. 213
• Commonwealth v. Rondeau · 392 N.E.2d 1001
• Commonwealth v. Scalise · 439 N.E.2d 818
• Commonwealth v. Latimore · 393 N.E.2d 370
• Commonwealth v. Martino · 588 N.E.2d 651
• Commonwealth v. Garcia · 569 N.E.2d 385
• Commonwealth v. Conceicao · 446 N.E.2d 383
• Commonwealth v. Chavis · 616 N.E.2d 423
• Commonwealth v. Murchison · 634 N.E.2d 561
• Commonwealth v. Lynch · 439 Mass. 532
• Commonwealth v. Kozec · 505 N.E.2d 519
• Commonwealth v. Satterfield · 364 N.E.2d 1260
• Commonwealth v. Adams · 375 N.E.2d 681
• Commonwealth v. Fancy · 207 N.E.2d 276
• Commonwealth v. Amirault · 424 Mass. 618
• Commonwealth v. Cundriff · 415 N.E.2d 172
• Commonwealth v. Wilson · 427 Mass. 336
• Commonwealth v. Raymond · 424 Mass. 382
• Commonwealth v. Santiago · 425 Mass. 491
• Commonwealth v. Sanna · 424 Mass. 92
• Commonwealth v. Fraser · 573 N.E.2d 979
• Commonwealth v. Roberts · 389 N.E.2d 998
• Commonwealth v. Fisher · 433 Mass. 340
• Commonwealth v. Cordle · 587 N.E.2d 1372

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• Commonwealth v. Santiago · 452 Mass. 573
• Commonwealth v. Santiago · 70 Mass. App. Ct. 519
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• Commonwealth v. Martin · 467 Mass. 291
• Commonwealth v. Andrade · 468 Mass. 543
• Commonwealth v. Kee · 449 Mass. 550
• Commonwealth v. Watkins · 473 Mass. 222
• Commonwealth v. Felder · 455 Mass. 359
• Commonwealth v. Rosario · 460 Mass. 181
• Commonwealth v. Mullane · 445 Mass. 702
• Commonwealth v. Duncan · 71 Mass. App. Ct. 150
• Commonwealth v. Morales · 453 Mass. 40
• Commonwealth v. Niemic · 472 Mass. 665
• Commonwealth v. Muller · 477 Mass. 415
• Commonwealth v. Senior · 454 Mass. 12
• Commonwealth v. Molina · 454 Mass. 232
• Commonwealth v. Mejia · 463 Mass. 243
• Commonwealth v. Perez · 87 Mass. App. Ct. 278
• Commonwealth v. Berry · 68 Mass. App. Ct. 78

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