Commonwealth v. Scott

Decided January 8, 2004. Judith Cathy Arnold Cowin wrote the opinion for the court.

440 Mass. 642 · Cited 225 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. Yesilciman · 550 N.E.2d 378
• Commonwealth v. Lyons · 564 N.E.2d 390
• Commonwealth v. Cheek · 597 N.E.2d 1029
• Commonwealth v. Mercado · 422 Mass. 367
• Commonwealth v. Wren · 463 N.E.2d 344
• Commonwealth v. Ceria · 431 N.E.2d 608
• Commonwealth v. Grandison · 433 Mass. 135
• Commonwealth v. Moon · 405 N.E.2d 947
• Commonwealth v. Jimenez · 438 Mass. 213
• Commonwealth v. Cast · 556 N.E.2d 69
• Commonwealth v. Kater · 447 N.E.2d 1190
• Commonwealth v. Sinforoso · 434 Mass. 320
• Commonwealth v. Kater · 567 N.E.2d 885
• Commonwealth v. Kater · 476 N.E.2d 593
• Commonwealth v. Kater · 592 N.E.2d 1328

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