Commonwealth v. Upton

Decided April 1, 1985. Herbert P. Wilkins wrote the opinion for the court.

476 N.E.2d 548 · Cited 401 times

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Precedents cited

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. Upton · 458 N.E.2d 717
• Commonwealth v. Monosson · 221 N.E.2d 220
• State v. Hunt · 450 A.2d 952
• State v. Jackson · 688 P.2d 136
• District Attorney for the Plymouth District v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 399 N.E.2d 866
• Commonwealth v. Cundriff · 415 N.E.2d 172
• State v. Lang · 672 P.2d 561
• Commonwealth v. Scalise · 439 N.E.2d 818
• Selectmen of Framingham v. MUN. COURT THE CT., BOSTON · 369 N.E.2d 1145
• Commonwealth v. Brown · 237 N.E.2d 53
• Weeks v. United States · 232 U.S. 383
• Massachusetts v. Sheppard · 468 U.S. 981
• Commonwealth v. Soares · 387 N.E.2d 499
• People v. Tisler · 469 N.E.2d 147
• State v. Arrington · 319 S.E.2d 254
• People v. Stark · 691 P.2d 334
• Commonwealth v. Cinelli · 449 N.E.2d 1207
• Commonwealth v. Vitello · 327 N.E.2d 819
• Commonwealth v. Paszko · 461 N.E.2d 222
• District Attorney for the Suffolk District v. Watson · 411 N.E.2d 1274
• Moe v. Secretary of Administration & Finance · 417 N.E.2d 387
• Commonwealth v. Cefalo · 409 N.E.2d 719
• Batchelder v. Allied Stores International, Inc. · 445 N.E.2d 590
• Potts v. State · 479 A.2d 1335
• Commonwealth v. Jones · 287 N.E.2d 599

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• Commonwealth v. Lapine · 571 N.E.2d 2
• United States v. Sklar · 721 F. Supp. 7
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• Commonwealth v. Gray · 503 A.2d 921
• Commonwealth v. Montanez · 571 N.E.2d 1372
• State v. Kimbro · 197 Conn. 219
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• Commonwealth v. Rojas · 531 N.E.2d 255
• Commonwealth v. Byfield · 597 N.E.2d 421
• State v. Thompson · 369 N.W.2d 363
• Commonwealth v. Mejia · 579 N.E.2d 156
• Commonwealth v. Santana · 583 N.E.2d 1288
• Commonwealth v. Barreto · 113 N.E.3d 429
• State v. Jacumin · 778 S.W.2d 430
• Commonwealth v. Gonsalves · 429 Mass. 658
• Commonwealth v. Cast · 556 N.E.2d 69

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