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Commonwealth v. Stewart

Decided April 1, 1981. Ruth Abrams wrote the opinion for the court.

418 N.E.2d 1219 · Cited 164 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. Stewart · 377 N.E.2d 693
Commonwealth v. Carr · 369 N.E.2d 970
Commonwealth v. Coggins · 324 Mass. 552
Commonwealth v. Harrington · 399 N.E.2d 475
Commonwealth v. a Juvenile · 313 N.E.2d 120
Commonwealth v. Vitello · 381 N.E.2d 582
Earl v. Commonwealth · 248 N.E.2d 498
Commonwealth v. Hogan · 396 N.E.2d 978
Commonwealth v. Cook · 403 N.E.2d 363
Commonwealth v. Heffernan · 213 N.E.2d 399
Manning v. Municipal Court of the Roxbury District · 361 N.E.2d 1274
Commonwealth v. Coyne · 363 N.E.2d 256
Commonwealth v. Doyle · 323 Mass. 633
Commonwealth v. Leate · 361 Mass. 347
Commonwealth v. White · 323 Mass. 323

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Commonwealth v. Gagliardi · 638 N.E.2d 20
Commonwealth v. DeVincent · 421 Mass. 64
Commonwealth v. Jones · 432 Mass. 623
Commonwealth v. Vaughn · 471 Mass. 398
Commonwealth v. Martinez · 437 Mass. 84
Commonwealth v. Burke · 607 N.E.2d 991
Commonwealth v. Dalton · 431 N.E.2d 203
Commonwealth v. Croken · 432 Mass. 266
Commonwealth v. Sylvain · 473 Mass. 832
Commonwealth v. Doherty · 476 N.E.2d 169
Commonwealth v. Rodwell · 477 N.E.2d 385
Commonwealth v. Chatman · 466 Mass. 327
Commonwealth v. Gould · 603 N.E.2d 201
Commonwealth v. McWilliams · 473 Mass. 606
Commonwealth v. Smith · 459 Mass. 538
Neverson v. Bissonnette · 242 F. Supp. 2d 78
Stewart v. Amaral · 626 F. Supp. 192
Lopez v. Spencer · 961 F. Supp. 332
Flores v. Marshall · 53 F. Supp. 2d 509
Healy v. Spencer · 397 F. Supp. 2d 269
Commonwealth v. Colon-Cruz · 562 N.E.2d 797

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