Commonwealth v. Silva

Decided November 14, 1974. Edward F. Hennessey wrote the opinion for the court.

318 N.E.2d 895 · Cited 300 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. Ballou · 217 N.E.2d 187
• Commonwealth v. Hawkes · 291 N.E.2d 411
• Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco · 387 U.S. 523
• Preston v. United States · 376 U.S. 364
• Husty v. United States · 282 U.S. 694
• Scher v. United States · 305 U.S. 251
• Commonwealth v. Haefeli · 279 N.E.2d 915
• Commonwealth v. Lehan · 196 N.E.2d 840
• Commonwealth v. Roy · 207 N.E.2d 284
• Commonwealth v. Wilson · 276 N.E.2d 283
• Commonwealth v. Matthews · 244 N.E.2d 908
• Commonwealth v. Lanoue · 251 N.E.2d 894
• Commonwealth v. Dottin · 233 N.E.2d 304

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