Commonwealth v. Santiago

Decided July 21, 1997. Charles Fried wrote the opinion for the court.

425 Mass. 491 · Cited 142 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. Raymond · 424 Mass. 382
• Commonwealth v. Shelley · 373 N.E.2d 951
• Commonwealth v. Andrews · 530 N.E.2d 1222
• Commonwealth v. Rhoades · 401 N.E.2d 342
• Commonwealth v. Ruci · 564 N.E.2d 1000
• Commonwealth v. Lapointe · 522 N.E.2d 937
• Berger v. United States · 295 U.S. 78
• Stirone v. United States · 361 U.S. 212
• Commonwealth v. Kozec · 505 N.E.2d 519
• Commonwealth v. Bradshaw · 431 N.E.2d 880
• Commonwealth v. Graziano · 331 N.E.2d 808
• Commonwealth v. Doucette · 462 N.E.2d 1084
• Commonwealth v. Clary · 447 N.E.2d 1217
• McQueen v. Commonwealth · 669 S.W.2d 519
• Commonwealth v. Smith · 444 N.E.2d 374
• Commonwealth v. Thomas · 514 N.E.2d 1309
• Commonwealth v. Lamrini · 467 N.E.2d 95
• Commonwealth v. Cook · 419 Mass. 192
• Commonwealth v. Tobin · 467 N.E.2d 826
• Commonwealth v. Fayerweather · 546 N.E.2d 345
• Commonwealth v. Daggett · 622 N.E.2d 272
• Commonwealth v. Daigle · 399 N.E.2d 1063
• Commonwealth v. Peters · 361 N.E.2d 1277
• Commonwealth v. Harris · 567 N.E.2d 899
• Commonwealth v. Anderson · 581 N.E.2d 1296

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• Commonwealth v. Kent K. · 427 Mass. 754
• Santiago v. Commonwealth · 427 Mass. 298
• Commonwealth v. Wilson · 427 Mass. 336
• State v. Spates · 779 N.W.2d 770
• Commonwealth v. Pearce · 427 Mass. 642
• Commonwealth v. Cabral · 69 Mass. App. Ct. 68
• Commonwealth v. Masello · 428 Mass. 446
• Wright v. Bergeron · 769 F. Supp. 2d 3
• Commonwealth v. Degro · 432 Mass. 319
• Commonwealth v. Rosario · 430 Mass. 505
• Commonwealth v. Rock · 429 Mass. 609
• Commonwealth v. Camacho · 472 Mass. 587
• Roy v. United States · 871 A.2d 498
• Commonwealth v. McLaughlin · 431 Mass. 506
• Commonwealth v. Bois · 476 Mass. 15
• Commonwealth v. Holliday · 450 Mass. 794
• Burns v. State · 968 A.2d 1012
• Commonwealth v. Niemic · 472 Mass. 665
• Commonwealth v. Costa · 69 Mass. App. Ct. 823
• DEONTE J. BRYANT & TERRANCE M. BUSH v. UNITED STATES · 148 A.3d 689
• Commonwealth v. Yeshulas · 51 Mass. App. Ct. 486
• Commonwealth v. Palermo · 125 N.E.3d 733
• Commonwealth v. Carney · 472 Mass. 252
• State v. Carter · 711 S.E.2d 515
• Commonwealth v. Grandison · 433 Mass. 135

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