Commonwealth v. Robinson

Decided January 6, 1981. Benjamin Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

415 N.E.2d 805 · Cited 79 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 · 352 N.E.2d 203
• Commonwealth v. Soares · 387 N.E.2d 499
• Commonwealth v. Stokes · 374 N.E.2d 87
• State v. Toscano · 378 A.2d 755
• Commonwealth v. Harrington · 399 N.E.2d 475
• Commonwealth v. Dickerson · 364 N.E.2d 1052
• Commonwealth v. Barnes · 340 N.E.2d 863
• Commonwealth v. Bowden · 399 N.E.2d 482
• Commonwealth v. Richards · 293 N.E.2d 854
• Connolly v. Commonwealth · 387 N.E.2d 519
• Commonwealth v. Hooks · 376 N.E.2d 857
• Moes v. State · 284 N.W.2d 66
• Reddick v. Commonwealth · 409 N.E.2d 764
• Commonwealth v. Walker · 397 N.E.2d 1105
• Commonwealth v. Grace · 412 N.E.2d 354
• Gagne v. Commonwealth · 377 N.E.2d 919
• Commonwealth v. Freeman · 227 N.E.2d 3
• Davis v. United States · 160 U.S. 469
• People v. Carmen · 36 Cal. 2d 768
• People v. Tewksbury · 544 P.2d 1335
• State v. Evans · 362 A.2d 629
• Commonwealth v. Garcia · 399 N.E.2d 460
• Commonwealth v. Ferreira · 364 N.E.2d 1264
• Commonwealth v. Campbell · 226 N.E.2d 211
• Commonwealth v. Kostka · 350 N.E.2d 444

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• Commonwealth v. Atkins · 436 N.E.2d 1203
• Commonwealth v. Allen · 430 Mass. 252
• Batson v. Kentucky · 476 U.S. 79
• Commonwealth v. Markman · 916 A.2d 586
• Commonwealth v. Zezima · 443 N.E.2d 1282
• Chew v. State · 527 A.2d 332
• State v. Glidden · 487 A.2d 642
• Commonwealth v. O'MALLEY · 439 N.E.2d 832
• United States v. Osseiran · 798 F. Supp. 861
• Plummer v. Town of Somerset · 601 F. Supp. 2d 358
• Commonwealth v. Matchett · 436 N.E.2d 400
• Commonwealth v. Martin · 427 Mass. 816
• Commonwealth v. Lanoue · 467 N.E.2d 159
• Commonwealth v. Green · 420 Mass. 771
• Commonwealth v. Garrey · 436 Mass. 422
• Commonwealth v. Costello · 467 N.E.2d 811
• Commonwealth v. Beverly · 452 N.E.2d 1112
• Commonwealth v. Brugmann · 433 N.E.2d 457
• Commonwealth v. Pike · 431 Mass. 212
• Commonwealth v. Benoit · 452 Mass. 212
• Commonwealth v. Issa · 466 Mass. 1

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