Commonwealth v. Sheline

Decided February 24, 1984. Francis Patrick O'Connor wrote the opinion for the court.

461 N.E.2d 1197 · Cited 101 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. Tavares · 430 N.E.2d 1198
• Commonwealth v. Bailey · 348 N.E.2d 746
• Commonwealth v. Williams · 391 N.E.2d 1202
• Commonwealth v. Shelley · 409 N.E.2d 732
• Commonwealth v. Hobbs · 434 N.E.2d 633
• Commonwealth v. Basch · 437 N.E.2d 200
• Commonwealth v. Amado · 387 Mass. 179
• State v. Smith · 348 P.2d 417
• Commonwealth v. Latimore · 393 N.E.2d 370
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 416 N.E.2d 502
• Commonwealth v. Sellon · 402 N.E.2d 1329
• Commonwealth v. Dickerson · 364 N.E.2d 1052
• Commonwealth v. Campbell · 393 N.E.2d 820
• Commonwealth v. Rhoades · 401 N.E.2d 342
• Commonwealth v. Sanders · 421 N.E.2d 436
• Commonwealth v. Beal · 314 Mass. 210
• Commonwealth v. Seay · 383 N.E.2d 828
• Commonwealth v. Lumley · 327 N.E.2d 683
• Commonwealth v. Aguiar · 350 N.E.2d 436
• State v. Peary · 176 Conn. 170
• Commonwealth v. Belton · 225 N.E.2d 53
• Commonwealth v. Estremera · 419 N.E.2d 835
• Commonwealth v. Rambo · 412 A.2d 535
• Commonwealth v. Hughes · 404 N.E.2d 1246
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 399 N.E.2d 1087

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• Commonwealth v. O'Brien · 432 Mass. 578
• Commonwealth v. Silva · 455 Mass. 503
• Commonwealth v. Boyer · 507 N.E.2d 1024
• Commonwealth v. Marley · 486 N.E.2d 715
• Commonwealth v. Figueroa · 451 Mass. 566
• Commonwealth v. Duddie Ford, Inc. · 566 N.E.2d 1119
• Commonwealth v. Perez · 540 N.E.2d 681
• Commonwealth v. Bembury · 548 N.E.2d 1255
• Smith v. Butler · 696 F. Supp. 748
• Pearson v. State · 730 A.2d 700
• Commonwealth v. McLeod · 477 N.E.2d 972
• Commonwealth v. Kater · 432 Mass. 404
• Commonwealth v. Gabbidon · 494 N.E.2d 1317
• Commonwealth v. O'Laughlin · 446 Mass. 188
• Commonwealth v. Allison · 434 Mass. 670
• Commonwealth v. Pinckney · 419 Mass. 341
• Commonwealth v. Semedo · 456 Mass. 1
• Commonwealth v. Millyan · 503 N.E.2d 934
• Commonwealth v. Caceres · 604 N.E.2d 677
• Commonwealth v. Morgan · 449 Mass. 343
• Commonwealth v. Carter · 423 Mass. 506

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