Commonwealth v. Washington

Decided July 17, 2007. Judith Cathy Arnold Cowin wrote the opinion for the court.

449 Mass. 476 · Cited 85 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. Alvarado · 420 Mass. 542
• Commonwealth v. Cruz · 430 Mass. 838
• Commonwealth v. Cast · 556 N.E.2d 69
• Commonwealth v. Keevan · 511 N.E.2d 534
• Commonwealth v. Borans · 393 N.E.2d 911
• People v. Evans · 43 N.Y.2d 160
• Commonwealth v. Haefeli · 279 N.E.2d 915
• State v. Moore · 90 Ohio St. 3d 47
• Commonwealth v. Scott · 440 Mass. 642
• Commonwealth v. Gonsalves · 429 Mass. 658
• Commonwealth v. Beckett · 366 N.E.2d 1252
• Commonwealth v. Storey · 391 N.E.2d 898
• Commonwealth v. Va Meng Joe · 425 Mass. 99
• Commonwealth v. Johnson · 602 N.E.2d 555
• Commonwealth v. White · 352 N.E.2d 904
• Commonwealth v. Feyenord · 445 Mass. 72
• Commonwealth v. Tarver · 345 N.E.2d 671
• Commonwealth v. Soares · 424 N.E.2d 221
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez · 614 N.E.2d 649
• Commonwealth v. Ballou · 217 N.E.2d 187
• Commonwealth v. Brillante · 503 N.E.2d 459
• Commonwealth v. Blevines · 438 Mass. 604
• Commonwealth v. Sergienko · 503 N.E.2d 1282
• Commonwealth v. Vazquez · 426 Mass. 99
• Commonwealth v. Musgrave · 421 Mass. 610

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• Commonwealth v. Keefner · 461 Mass. 507
• Commonwealth v. Garden · 451 Mass. 43
• Commonwealth v. Craan · 469 Mass. 24
• Commonwealth v. Mendes · 463 Mass. 353
• Thomas M. Butler v. United States · 102 A.3d 736
• Commonwealth v. Villatoro · 76 Mass. App. Ct. 645
• Commonwealth v. Gonzalez · 90 Mass. App. Ct. 100
• Commonwealth v. Bush · 71 Mass. App. Ct. 130
• Morgan v. Dickhaut · 677 F. Supp. 2d 424
• Commonwealth v. Gomes · 453 Mass. 506
• Commonwealth v. Bostock · 450 Mass. 616
• Commonwealth v. Tremblay · 460 Mass. 199
• Commonwealth v. White · 475 Mass. 583
• Commonwealth v. Bins · 465 Mass. 348
• Commonwealth v. Lawson · 475 Mass. 806
• Commonwealth v. Neves · 474 Mass. 355
• Commonwealth v. Edwards · 476 Mass. 341
• Commonwealth v. Jackson · 464 Mass. 758
• Commonwealth v. Murphy · 454 Mass. 318
• Commonwealth v. Oliveira · 74 Mass. App. Ct. 49
• Commonwealth v. Eggleston · 453 Mass. 554

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