Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District

Decided December 24, 2013. Francis X. Spina wrote the opinion for the court.

466 Mass. 655 · Cited 159 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.

• Saffle v. Parks · 494 U.S. 484
• Commonwealth v. Clarke · 460 Mass. 30
• Cepulonis v. Commonwealth · 427 N.E.2d 17
• Michaud v. Sheriff of Essex County · 458 N.E.2d 702
• District Attorney for the Suffolk District v. Watson · 411 N.E.2d 1274
• Commonwealth v. Diatchenko · 443 N.E.2d 397
• State of Iowa v. Jeffrey K. Ragland · 836 N.W.2d 107
• Commonwealth v. Jackson · 344 N.E.2d 166
• Commonwealth v. Bray · 553 N.E.2d 538
• Good v. Commissioner of Correction · 629 N.E.2d 1321
• Whorton v. Bockting · 549 U.S. 406
• Goodridge v. Department of Public Health · 440 Mass. 309
• Commonwealth v. Amirault · 424 Mass. 618
• Commonwealth v. Gonsalves · 429 Mass. 658
• Commonwealth v. Mavredakis · 430 Mass. 848
• Osborne v. Commonwealth · 389 N.E.2d 981
• Commonwealth v. Goodwin · 458 Mass. 11
• Commonwealth v. Wilcox · 446 Mass. 61
• Commonwealth v. Alvarez · 596 N.E.2d 325
• Commonwealth v. Colon-Cruz · 470 N.E.2d 116
• Williams v. Commonwealth · 216 N.E.2d 779
• Libby v. Commissioner of Correction · 432 N.E.2d 486
• Libertarian Ass'n v. Secretary of Commonwealth · 462 Mass. 538
• Boston Gas Co. v. Department of Public Utilities · 441 N.E.2d 746
• Town of Canton v. Bruno · 282 N.E.2d 87

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• Commonwealth v. Perez · 477 Mass. 677
• Commonwealth v. Augustine · 467 Mass. 230
• State v. Sweet · 879 N.W.2d 811
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• Commonwealth v. Mitchell · 89 Mass. App. Ct. 13
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• Aiken v. Byars · 410 S.C. 534
• State of Iowa v. Christopher Ryan Lee Roby · 897 N.W.2d 127
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