State Supreme Court / Mass.

Commonwealth v. Young

Decided February 3, 1981. Benjamin Kaplan wrote the opinion for the court.

416 N.E.2d 944 · Cited 152 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. Moore · 393 N.E.2d 904
Commonwealth v. Walker · 350 N.E.2d 678
Commonwealth v. Forde · 329 N.E.2d 717
State v. Johnson · 413 A.2d 931
Walker v. Butterworth · 457 F. Supp. 1233
Commonwealth v. Latimore · 393 N.E.2d 370
People v. Hill · 528 P.2d 1
Commonwealth v. Bowden · 399 N.E.2d 482
Commonwealth v. Antobenedetto · 315 N.E.2d 530
Commonwealth v. Hoffer · 377 N.E.2d 685
Commonwealth v. Meehan · 387 N.E.2d 527
Commonwealth v. Campbell · 393 N.E.2d 820
Commonwealth v. Hall · 323 N.E.2d 319
Commonwealth v. Chalifoux · 291 N.E.2d 635
Commonwealth v. Cefalo · 409 N.E.2d 719
Commonwealth v. Davis · 401 N.E.2d 811
Patrick v. State · 227 A.2d 486
Commonwealth v. Best · 410 N.E.2d 731
Herrera v. State · 561 S.W.2d 175
State v. Epperson · 571 S.W.2d 260
Commonwealth v. Bond · 375 N.E.2d 1214
Commonwealth v. Saia · 360 N.E.2d 329
Selectmen of Framingham v. MUN. COURT THE CT., BOSTON · 369 N.E.2d 1145
Commonwealth v. Appleby · 265 N.E.2d 485
Commonwealth v. Monsen · 385 N.E.2d 984

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Commonwealth v. Marchione · 422 N.E.2d 1362
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Commonwealth v. Freiberg · 540 N.E.2d 1289
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Commonwealth v. Drew · 489 N.E.2d 1233
Commonwealth v. Drayton · 434 N.E.2d 997
Commonwealth v. Colon · 449 Mass. 207
Commonwealth v. McDermott · 448 Mass. 750
State v. Johnson · 104 Wash. App. 409
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Commonwealth v. Donoghue · 499 N.E.2d 832
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Commonwealth v. Barrett · 641 N.E.2d 1302

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