Commonwealth v. Santos

Decided October 31, 2003. Martha B. Sosman wrote the opinion for the court.

440 Mass. 281 · Cited 73 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. Berry · 420 Mass. 95
• Commonwealth v. Accetta · 422 Mass. 642
• Commonwealth v. Laurore · 437 Mass. 65
• Commonwealth v. Conefrey · 420 Mass. 508
• Commonwealth v. Devlin · 141 N.E.2d 269
• Commonwealth v. Wolinski · 431 Mass. 228
• Commonwealth v. Cyr · 433 Mass. 617
• Commonwealth v. Delgado · 326 N.E.2d 716
• State v. Frisby · 811 A.2d 414
• Commonwealth v. Mamay · 553 N.E.2d 945
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 283 N.E.2d 840
• State v. Famiglietti · 219 Conn. 605
• Commonwealth v. Crocker · 424 N.E.2d 524
• Commonwealth v. Figueroa · 595 N.E.2d 779
• State v. Derango · 2000 WI 89
• Commonwealth v. Comtois · 506 N.E.2d 503
• Commonwealth v. Gilchrest · 303 N.E.2d 331
• Commonwealth v. Anderson · 581 N.E.2d 1296
• Commonwealth v. Chapman · 186 N.E.2d 818
• Commonwealth v. Figueroa · 422 Mass. 72
• Commonwealth v. Hebert · 400 N.E.2d 851
• Commonwealth v. Martin · 629 N.E.2d 297
• Commonwealth v. Ellis · 432 Mass. 746
• Commonwealth v. Leftwich · 430 Mass. 865
• Commonwealth v. Sheppard · 537 N.E.2d 583

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• Commonwealth v. Casbohm · 116 N.E.3d 633
• Commonwealth v. Anderson · 461 Mass. 616
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 441 Mass. 73
• Commonwealth v. Zanetti · 454 Mass. 449
• Commonwealth v. Porro · 458 Mass. 526
• Commonwealth v. Walker · 443 Mass. 213
• Choy v. Commonwealth · 456 Mass. 146
• Commonwealth v. Medina · 64 Mass. App. Ct. 708
• Commonwealth v. Roderiques · 462 Mass. 415
• Commonwealth v. Shea · 467 Mass. 788
• State v. Martinez · 900 A.2d 485
• Commonwealth v. Stewart-Johnson · 78 Mass. App. Ct. 592
• Commonwealth v. O'Neal · 100 N.E.3d 758
• Commonwealth v. Cohen · 456 Mass. 94
• Commonwealth v. Saletino · 449 Mass. 657
• Marshall v. Commonwealth · 463 Mass. 529
• Commonwealth v. Housen · 458 Mass. 702
• Commonwealth v. Wadlington · 467 Mass. 192
• Commonwealth v. The Ngoc Tran · 471 Mass. 179
• Commonwealth v. Shea · 460 Mass. 163
• Commonwealth v. Davis · 88 Mass. App. Ct. 143

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