State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Tavares

Decided January 29, 1982. Ruth Abrams wrote the opinion for the court.

430 N.E.2d 1198 · Cited 315 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. Fidler · 385 N.E.2d 513
Commonwealth v. Harris · 358 N.E.2d 982
Commonwealth v. Daniels · 321 N.E.2d 822
Commonwealth v. Chung · 392 N.E.2d 1015
Commonwealth v. Garcia · 399 N.E.2d 460
Commonwealth v. Seit · 364 N.E.2d 1243
New England Canteen Service, Inc. v. Ashley · 363 N.E.2d 526
Commonwealth v. Vanderpool · 328 N.E.2d 833
Commonwealth v. Wilborne · 415 N.E.2d 192
Commonwealth v. Davis · 401 N.E.2d 811
Commonwealth v. Brady · 410 N.E.2d 695
Commonwealth v. Alicea · 381 N.E.2d 144
Commonwealth v. Tabor · 384 N.E.2d 190
Commonwealth v. Cole · 402 N.E.2d 55
Smith v. Brewer · 444 F. Supp. 482
Commonwealth v. Burnett · 353 N.E.2d 665
People v. Huntley · 15 N.Y.2d 72
McDonald v. Pless · 238 U.S. 264
Sims v. Georgia · 385 U.S. 538
Commonwealth v. Haas · 369 N.E.2d 692
Commonwealth v. Delgado · 326 N.E.2d 716
Commonwealth v. Ferreira · 364 N.E.2d 1264
Commonwealth v. Meehan · 387 N.E.2d 527
Commonwealth v. Roberts · 389 N.E.2d 998
Commonwealth v. White · 371 N.E.2d 777

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Commonwealth v. Jackson · 432 Mass. 82
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