Commonwealth v. Satterfield

Decided July 21, 1977. Benjamin Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

364 N.E.2d 1260 · Cited 275 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. Saferian · 315 N.E.2d 878
• Myers v. Commonwealth · 298 N.E.2d 819
• Commonwealth v. Pisa · 363 N.E.2d 245
• Commonwealth v. Britt · 285 N.E.2d 780
• Commonwealth v. Miskel · 308 N.E.2d 547
• Commonwealth v. Satterfield · 284 N.E.2d 216

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• Osborne v. Commonwealth · 389 N.E.2d 981
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• Commonwealth v. Harris · 415 N.E.2d 216
• Breese v. Commonwealth · 612 N.E.2d 1170
• Commonwealth v. Street · 446 N.E.2d 670
• Commonwealth v. Valentin · 470 Mass. 186
• Commonwealth v. Reid · 511 N.E.2d 331
• Commonwealth v. Johnson · 435 Mass. 113
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