Commonwealth v. Vinnie

Decided August 12, 1998. Margaret H. Marshall wrote the opinion for the court.

428 Mass. 161 · Cited 118 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. Dickerson · 364 N.E.2d 1052
• Commonwealth v. Bryant · 459 N.E.2d 792
• Commonwealth v. Flebotte · 630 N.E.2d 265
• Commonwealth v. Amirault · 535 N.E.2d 193
• Commonwealth v. Freeman · 552 N.E.2d 553
• Commonwealth v. Tavares · 430 N.E.2d 1198
• Commonwealth v. Mayfield · 500 N.E.2d 774
• Commonwealth v. Lam Hue To · 461 N.E.2d 776
• Commonwealth v. Morse · 427 Mass. 117
• Commonwealth v. Jung · 420 Mass. 675
• Commonwealth v. Brown · 467 N.E.2d 188
• Commonwealth v. Wright · 584 N.E.2d 621
• Commonwealth v. Peruzzi · 446 N.E.2d 117
• Commonwealth v. Mello · 420 Mass. 375
• Commonwealth v. Garcia · 399 N.E.2d 460
• Commonwealth v. Wilson · 407 N.E.2d 348
• Commonwealth v. Woodward · 427 Mass. 659
• Commonwealth v. Waite · 422 Mass. 792
• Commonwealth v. St. Germain · 408 N.E.2d 1358
• Commonwealth v. Baker · 330 N.E.2d 794
• Commonwealth v. Zagranski · 558 N.E.2d 933
• Commonwealth v. Lowe · 461 N.E.2d 192
• Commonwealth v. Parker · 420 Mass. 242
• Commonwealth v. Hallet · 427 Mass. 552
• Commonwealth v. Hayes · 311 Mass. 21

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• Evans v. Thompson · 465 F. Supp. 2d 62
• Commonwealth v. Esteves · 429 Mass. 636
• Commonwealth v. Molina · 476 Mass. 388
• United States v. D'Andrea · 497 F. Supp. 2d 117
• Commonwealth v. Chamberlin · 86 Mass. App. Ct. 705
• Commonwealth v. Vasquez · 456 Mass. 350
• Commonwealth v. Tyree · 455 Mass. 676
• Commonwealth v. Nardi · 452 Mass. 379
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• Commonwealth v. Adjutant · 443 Mass. 649
• Commonwealth v. Freeman · 430 Mass. 111
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