Commonwealth v. St. Pierre

Decided March 30, 1979. Benjamin Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

387 N.E.2d 1135 · Cited 143 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. Balliro · 209 N.E.2d 308
• Commonwealth v. Flynn · 287 N.E.2d 420
• Commonwealth v. Gibson · 333 N.E.2d 400
• Commonwealth v. Doherty · 229 N.E.2d 267
• Commonwealth v. Gallarelli · 362 N.E.2d 923
• Commonwealth v. Comins · 356 N.E.2d 241
• Hawkins v. Superior Court · 586 P.2d 916
• Myers v. Commonwealth · 298 N.E.2d 819
• Commonwealth v. French · 259 N.E.2d 195
• Kuklis v. Commonwealth · 280 N.E.2d 155
• Costarelli v. Commonwealth · 373 N.E.2d 1183
• Commonwealth v. Franklin · 318 N.E.2d 469
• Commonwealth v. Connolly · 255 N.E.2d 191
• Commonwealth v. Stevens · 283 N.E.2d 673
• People v. Duncan · 201 N.W.2d 629
• Commonwealth v. West · 312 Mass. 438
• Commonwealth v. McLaughlin · 224 N.E.2d 444
• Commonwealth v. Stewart · 309 N.E.2d 470
• Commonwealth v. Johnson · 313 N.E.2d 571
• Commonwealth v. Blaikie · 378 N.E.2d 1361
• Commonwealth v. Simpson · 345 N.E.2d 899
• Commonwealth v. Tabor · 384 N.E.2d 190
• Commonwealth v. Lewinski · 329 N.E.2d 738
• Commonwealth v. Carita · 249 N.E.2d 5
• Corey v. Commonwealth · 301 N.E.2d 450

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• Commonwealth v. Stevenson · 474 Mass. 372
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• Commonwealth v. Vick · 454 Mass. 418
• Commonwealth v. Giacobbe · 56 Mass. App. Ct. 144
• Commonwealth v. Adkinson · 442 Mass. 410
• Commonwealth v. Suero · 465 Mass. 215
• Commonwealth v. McCarthy · 430 N.E.2d 1195
• Commonwealth v. O'DELL · 466 N.E.2d 828
• Commonwealth v. Bishop · 617 N.E.2d 990
• State v. Zeh · 31 Ohio St. 3d 99
• Commonwealth v. Nadworny · 486 N.E.2d 675
• Commonwealth v. Salman · 387 Mass. 160
• State Ex Rel. Hamstead v. Dostert · 313 S.E.2d 409
• Commonwealth v. Dilone · 431 N.E.2d 576
• Commonwealth v. Champagne · 503 N.E.2d 7
• Commonwealth v. Gurney · 433 N.E.2d 471
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 441 Mass. 73
• State v. Murtagh · 169 P.3d 602
• Commonwealth v. Cleary · 41 Mass. App. Ct. 214
• Commonwealth v. Pileeki · 62 Mass. App. Ct. 505
• Commonwealth v. Grandison · 433 Mass. 135
• Commonwealth v. King · 445 Mass. 217
• Commonwealth v. Connor · 467 N.E.2d 1340
• Commonwealth v. Mayfield · 500 N.E.2d 774

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