People v. Lynch

Decided October 19, 1984. Seymour Simon wrote the opinion for the court.

470 N.E.2d 1018 · Cited 264 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. Beck · 402 A.2d 1371
• State v. Miranda · 176 Conn. 107
• Belfield v. Coop · 134 N.E.2d 249
• People v. Moretti · 129 N.E.2d 709
• People v. Allen · 278 N.E.2d 762
• The People v. Allen · 37 N.E.2d 854
• Logan v. Mutual Life Insurance · 293 Ill. 510

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