Commonwealth v. Pike

Decided November 19, 1998. Charles Fried wrote the opinion for the court.

428 Mass. 393 · Cited 135 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. Power · 420 Mass. 410
• Commonwealth v. Hood · 452 N.E.2d 188
• Commonwealth v. Harrington · 399 N.E.2d 475
• Commonwealth v. Bastarache · 414 N.E.2d 984
• Commonwealth v. Brugmann · 433 N.E.2d 457
• Rutherford v. Blankenship · 468 F. Supp. 1357
• Commonwealth v. Glass · 519 N.E.2d 1311
• Commonwealth v. Maguire · 378 N.E.2d 445
• Commonwealth v. Schuchardt · 557 N.E.2d 1380
• Commonwealth v. LaFrance · 525 N.E.2d 379
• Commonwealth v. Houston · 127 N.E.2d 294
• Commonwealth v. Baseler · 419 Mass. 500
• State v. Doughtie · 74 S.E.2d 922
• Lee v. Commissioner of Revenue · 481 N.E.2d 183
• Commonwealth v. Doucette · 462 N.E.2d 1084
• Commonwealth v. Vanderpool · 328 N.E.2d 833
• Commonwealth v. Niemic · 427 Mass. 718
• State v. Morgan · 389 So. 2d 364
• Commonwealth v. Rubin · 318 Mass. 587
• Commonwealth v. Thurber · 418 N.E.2d 1253
• Commonwealth v. Monico · 366 N.E.2d 1241
• State Ex Rel. Halverson v. Young · 154 N.W.2d 699
• Commonwealth v. Reed · 427 Mass. 100
• People v. Harris · 606 N.E.2d 392
• Commonwealth v. Weaver · 511 N.E.2d 545

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• State v. Warren · 165 Wash. 2d 17
• State v. Warren · 195 P.3d 940
• Commonwealth v. Fisher · 433 Mass. 340
• Commonwealth v. Nava · 966 A.2d 630
• Commonwealth v. Goodwin · 458 Mass. 11
• Wilfong v. Commonwealth · 175 S.W.3d 84
• Commonwealth v. Lopes · 440 Mass. 731
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• Commonwealth v. Diaz · 453 Mass. 266
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• Commonwealth v. Delisle · 440 Mass. 137
• Commonwealth v. Magadini · 474 Mass. 593

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