Commonwealth v. Saferian

Decided July 30, 1974. Benjamin Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

315 N.E.2d 878 · Cited 1,208 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. LeBlanc · 299 N.E.2d 719
• Commonwealth v. Lussier · 269 N.E.2d 647
• Commonwealth v. Bernier · 267 N.E.2d 636
• Avery v. Alabama · 308 U.S. 444
• Jorgensen v. York Ice MacHinery Corporation · 160 F.2d 432
• Earl v. Commonwealth · 248 N.E.2d 498
• Commonwealth v. Bettencourt · 281 N.E.2d 220
• Commonwealth v. Geraway · 301 N.E.2d 814
• Commonwealth v. Smith · 291 N.E.2d 607
• Commonwealth v. Libby · 266 N.E.2d 641
• Lamoureux v. Commonwealth · 233 N.E.2d 741

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• Manisy v. Maloney · 283 F. Supp. 2d 307
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• Malone v. Clarke · 536 F.3d 54
• Dias v. Maloney · 156 F. Supp. 2d 104
• Commonwealth v. Adams · 375 N.E.2d 681
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• Commonwealth v. Haas · 501 N.E.2d 1154
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• Commonwealth v. Fuller · 475 N.E.2d 381
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• Commonwealth v. Hardy · 464 Mass. 660
• Commonwealth v. Berry · 68 Mass. App. Ct. 78
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