Commonwealth v. Purdy

Decided April 15, 2011. Ralph D. Gants wrote the opinion for the court.

459 Mass. 442 · Cited 93 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. Williams · 456 Mass. 857
• Commonwealth v. Mullane · 445 Mass. 702
• Commonwealth v. Hartford · 194 N.E.2d 401
• Commonwealth v. Nardi · 452 Mass. 379
• Commonwealth v. Freeman · 227 N.E.2d 3
• Commonwealth v. Flebotte · 630 N.E.2d 265
• Commonwealth v. Alphas · 430 Mass. 8
• Berger v. United States · 295 U.S. 78
• Commonwealth v. Latimore · 393 N.E.2d 370
• Commonwealth v. Peruzzi · 446 N.E.2d 117
• Commonwealth v. LaCorte · 369 N.E.2d 1006
• Berry v. Commonwealth · 473 N.E.2d 1115
• Commonwealth v. Monahan · 207 N.E.2d 29
• United States v. Safavian · 435 F. Supp. 2d 36
• Commonwealth v. Christian · 430 Mass. 552
• Commonwealth v. Smith · 431 Mass. 417
• Commonwealth v. Merry · 453 Mass. 653
• Commonwealth v. McLaughlin · 431 Mass. 241
• Commonwealth v. Leonard · 428 Mass. 782
• Commonwealth v. Magraw · 426 Mass. 589
• Commonwealth v. Mahoney · 510 N.E.2d 759
• Bond Pharmacy, Inc. v. City of Cambridge · 156 N.E.2d 34
• Commonwealth v. Montanez · 439 Mass. 441
• Commonwealth v. Jensky · 318 Mass. 350
• Chartrand v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles · 187 N.E.2d 135

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• E.C.O. v. Compton · 464 Mass. 558
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