Commonwealth v. Soares

Decided March 8, 1979. Paul J. Liacos wrote the opinion for the court.

387 N.E.2d 499 · Cited 576 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.

• People v. Wheeler · 583 P.2d 748
• Hayes v. Missouri · 120 U.S. 68
• Commonwealth v. Mitchell · 326 N.E.2d 6
• Thiel v. Southern Pacific Co. · 328 U.S. 217
• Smith v. Texas · 311 U.S. 128
• Commonwealth v. Mutina · 323 N.E.2d 294
• Commonwealth v. a Juvenile · 313 N.E.2d 120
• Commonwealth v. Stone · 320 N.E.2d 888
• Commonwealth v. Blow · 348 N.E.2d 794
• Singer v. United States · 380 U.S. 24
• Pointer v. United States · 151 U.S. 396
• Stilson v. United States · 250 U.S. 583
• Commonwealth v. Kelley · 346 N.E.2d 368
• Commonwealth v. Rodriquez · 300 N.E.2d 192
• State v. Opperman · 247 N.W.2d 673
• Commonwealth v. Richards · 293 N.E.2d 854
• Commonwealth v. Graziano · 331 N.E.2d 808
• Commonwealth v. Sandler · 335 N.E.2d 903
• Commonwealth v. Vitello · 381 N.E.2d 582
• Blaisdell v. Commonwealth · 364 N.E.2d 191
• Commonwealth v. Caine · 318 N.E.2d 901
• Commonwealth v. McInerney · 365 N.E.2d 815
• Commonwealth v. Ferguson · 365 Mass. 1
• Commonwealth v. Gilday · 327 N.E.2d 851
• Commonwealth v. McLaughlin · 224 N.E.2d 444

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• Commonwealth v. Wood · 451 N.E.2d 714
• Commonwealth v. Hutchinson · 481 N.E.2d 188
• State v. Neil · 457 So. 2d 481
• Commonwealth v. Prunty · 462 Mass. 295
• Commonwealth v. Aponte · 462 N.E.2d 284
• Commonwealth v. Walker · 397 N.E.2d 1105
• Commonwealth v. Green · 420 Mass. 771
• Commonwealth v. Arriaga · 438 Mass. 556
• Riley v. State · 496 A.2d 997
• Commonwealth v. Harris · 567 N.E.2d 899
• Commonwealth v. Fryar · 610 N.E.2d 903
• Commonwealth v. Bourgeois · 465 N.E.2d 1180
• Mallott v. State · 608 P.2d 737
• Commonwealth v. Robinson · 415 N.E.2d 805
• State v. Belton · 347 S.E.2d 755
• Commonwealth v. Young · 517 N.E.2d 130
• Commonwealth v. Mathews · 581 N.E.2d 1304
• Commonwealth v. Jordan · 439 Mass. 47
• Smith v. Commonwealth · 420 Mass. 291
• Batson v. Kentucky · 476 U.S. 79
• People v. Gaines · 430 N.E.2d 1046
• Commonwealth v. Whitehead · 400 N.E.2d 821

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