Commonwealth v. Powell

Decided April 28, 2011. Roderick L. Ireland wrote the opinion for the court.

459 Mass. 572 · Cited 81 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. Franklin · 456 Mass. 818
• Commonwealth v. Grandison · 433 Mass. 135
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 361 N.E.2d 1308
• Commonwealth v. Rembiszewski · 461 N.E.2d 201
• Commonwealth v. Saferian · 315 N.E.2d 878
• Commonwealth v. Stoute · 422 Mass. 782
• Commonwealth v. Colon · 449 Mass. 207
• Commonwealth v. Sanderson · 500 N.E.2d 1337
• Commonwealth v. Quintos Q. · 457 Mass. 107
• Commonwealth v. Latimore · 393 N.E.2d 370
• Presser v. Illinois · 116 U.S. 252
• Commonwealth v. Scott · 440 Mass. 642
• Commonwealth v. Zinser · 446 Mass. 807
• Commonwealth v. Jimenez · 438 Mass. 213
• Commonwealth v. Borges · 482 N.E.2d 314
• Commonwealth v. Isaiah I. · 448 Mass. 334
• Commonwealth v. Beckett · 366 N.E.2d 1252
• Commonwealth v. Jackson · 344 N.E.2d 166
• Commonwealth v. Kater · 447 N.E.2d 1190
• Commonwealth v. Barros · 435 Mass. 171
• Miller v. Texas · 153 U.S. 535
• Commonwealth v. Lodge · 431 Mass. 461
• Commonwealth v. Cook · 419 Mass. 192
• Commonwealth v. McGovern · 494 N.E.2d 1298
• Commonwealth v. Tuitt · 473 N.E.2d 1103

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• Commonwealth v. Perez · 80 Mass. App. Ct. 271
• Hightower v. City of Boston · 822 F. Supp. 2d 38
• People v. Lacallo · 338 P.3d 442
• Commonwealth v. Joyner · 467 Mass. 176
• Commonwealth v. Loadholt · 460 Mass. 723
• Commonwealth v. Jefferson · 461 Mass. 821
• Commonwealth v. Collins · 470 Mass. 255
• Commonwealth v. Norris · 462 Mass. 131
• Chardin v. Police Commissioner · 465 Mass. 314
• Commonwealth v. Carter · 475 Mass. 512
• Commonwealth v. Allen · 474 Mass. 162
• Commonwealth v. Humphries · 465 Mass. 762
• Commonwealth v. McGowan · 464 Mass. 232
• Commonwealth v. Mercado · 466 Mass. 141
• Commonwealth v. Limone · 460 Mass. 834
• Commonwealth v. Indrisano · 87 Mass. App. Ct. 709
• Commonwealth v. Wallace · 460 Mass. 118
• Commonwealth v. Charlton · 81 Mass. App. Ct. 294
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