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  • Commonwealth v. Carrington

    20 Mass. App. Ct. 525 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 6, 1985

    See Commonwealth v. Jackson, 459 Pa. 669, 673-674 (1975). Contrast Commonwealth v. Brown, 367 Mass. 24, 33 (1975) (police had detailed description of getaway car); Commonwealth v. Farmer, 5 Mass. App. … Commonwealth v. Cass, 358 Mass. 805 (1970). Commonwealth v. Storey, supra. Commonwealth v. Bowden, supra. Commonwealth v. Hason, 387 Mass. 169, 174 (1982). Commonwealth v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Serrano

    74 Mass. App. Ct. 1 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 27, 2009

    Brown, J. The defendant appeals from his conviction of murder in the second degree. … See Commonwealth v. Kilburn, 426 Mass. 31 , 34 n.5 (1997), quoting from Commonwealth v.

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  • Commonwealth v. DeJesus

    44 Mass. App. Ct. 349 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 2, 1998

    Brown, J. The defendant appeals from convictions of armed *350 robbery (G. L. c. 265, § 17), assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (G. L. c. 265, § 15A[6]), and illegal possession of a firearm (G. … See also Thames v.

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  • Silva v. Director of Division of Marine Fisheries

    46 Mass. App. Ct. 608 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Apr 6, 1999

    Powers v. Commonwealth, 426 Mass. 534, 537-538 (1998). See Commonwealth v. Stone, 45 Mass. App. Ct. 259, 262 (1998). … See Rosenfeld v. Board of Health of Chilmark, 27 Mass. App. Ct. 621, 624 (1989), and cases cited.

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  • Rzeznik v. Chief of Police

    10 Mass. App. Ct. 335 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jul 24, 1980

    See Caperci v. Huntoon, 397 F.2d at 801 . Accord, Guzman v. Western State Bank, 540 F.2d 948, 953 (8th Cir. 1976), and cases cited. See also Adickes v. S. H. … As the court stated in Rzeznik v.

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  • Sagar v. Sagar

    57 Mass. App. Ct. 71 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 14, 2003

    See Dalli v. Board of Educ., 358 Mass. 753, 758 (1971) *74 (“If the beliefs be sincerely held they are entitled to the same protection as those more widely held by others”); Attorney Gen. v. … See Dalli v. Board of Educ., 358 Mass. at 758 ; Attorney Gen. v. Desilets, 418 Mass. at 329-330 ; Opinion of the Justices, 423 Mass. 1244, 1246-1247 (1996).

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  • Commonwealth v. Samson

    92 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 15, 2017

    The defendant admitted ownership of the sunglasses found under the running board of the motorcycle, and a motorcycle helmet found between him and the motorcycle. … See Commonwealth v. Smith , 368 Mass. 126 , 129 (1975) ; Commonwealth v. Geisler , 14 Mass. App. Ct. 268 , 274-275 (1982).

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  • Commonwealth v. Soucy

    17 Mass. App. Ct. 471 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 2, 1984

    Commonwealth v. Brown, 378 Mass. 165, 170-171 (1979). There is no such injustice here. … Commonwealth v. St. Germain, 381 Mass. at 262 n.9; O’Connor v. City Manager of Medford, 7 Mass. App.

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  • Commonwealth v. Halsey

    41 Mass. App. Ct. 200 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Aug 26, 1996

    See Texas v. Brown, 460 U.S. 730, 746 (1983) (Powell, J., concurring). … See Commonwealth v. Richardson, 423 Mass. 180, 186 (1996); Commonwealth v. Allen, 40 Mass. App. Ct. 458, 465-466 (1996). Contrast Commonwealth v. Trowbridge, 419 Mass. 750, 759-760 (1995); Commonwealth v.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Johnson

    42 Mass. App. Ct. 948 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · May 23, 1997

    Commonwealth v. Brzezinski, 405 Mass. 401, 409 (1989). Commonwealth v. Deagle, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 563, 567 (1980). Commonwealth v. Sanchez, 40 Mass. App. Ct. 411, 415 (1996). … Commonwealth v. Brzezinski, supra at 409-410 . See Commonwealth v. Arias, 29 Mass. App. Ct. 613, 618 (1990), S.C., 410 Mass. 1005 (1991), and Commonwealth v. Brown, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 222, 227 (1993). “An inference . . .

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  • Commonwealth v. Vitale

    44 Mass. App. Ct. 908 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 29, 1997

    On May 13, 1994, environmental police boarded the defendant’s ship, F/V Stella Del Mare, and inspected her catch. … Gordon v. Fay, 382 Mass. 64, 68 (1980).

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  • Pollard v. Powers

    50 Mass. App. Ct. 515 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Nov 22, 2000

    Brown, J. This is an appeal by the plaintiff from summary judgment granted in favor of the defendant. … Unlike in Husband v. Dubose, supra at 667-668 , the defendant “furnished” the alcohol. 4 See Ulwick v. DeChristopher, 411 Mass. 401, 405 (1991); Makynen v. Mustakangas, 39 Mass. App. Ct. 309, 311 (1995).

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  • Patten v. Mayo

    23 Mass. App. Ct. 657 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Mar 18, 1987

    See 3 Bittker, Federal Taxation of Income, Estates and Gifts § 77.1.2 (1981); Brown, Tax Strategies for Separation and Divorce §§ 4A.03, 4.04, 4.06 (1984); Rotenberg, Domestic Relations: The Substantive Law, c. 13, at 96 … See Goldfarb v Marchionne, 12 Mass. App. Ct. at 934 ; compare Council v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Gonzalez

    39 Mass. App. Ct. 472 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 1, 1995

    A magistrate agreed and issued a warrant authorizing a search of “264 TYLER STREET IN SPRINGFIELD, MA DESCRIBED AS TWO STORY, WOOD FRAME STRUCTURE, LIGHT BROWN SHINGLES WITH WHITE TRIM.” … See Commonwealth v.

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  • Forbush v. City of Lynn

    35 Mass. App. Ct. 696 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 4, 1994

    See Board of Educ. v. Assessor of Worcester, 368 Mass. 511, 513-514 (1976); Catlin v. Board of Registration of Architects, 414 Mass. 1, 4-5 (1992); Healey v. Commissioner of Pub. … Jacobsen v.

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  • Higgins v. Town of Swansea

    72 Mass. App. Ct. 911 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 5, 2008

    Schwartz v. Travelers Indem. Co., 50 Mass. App. Ct. 672, 677 (2001). … of aldermen, town council, board of selectmen, or traffic commission or traffic director having authority to promulgate traffic rules shall have established by municipal rule, regulation, ordinance or by-law a schedule of

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  • Marques v. Bellofram Corp.

    28 Mass. App. Ct. 277 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Feb 16, 1990

    In Feltch v. … General Electric Co., 406 Mass. 478 (1990) (4-2 decision), a majority of the court ruled that the “independence” of the consortium claim need not be absolute across the board.

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  • Fort v. Fort

    12 Mass. App. Ct. 411 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Sep 11, 1981

    Because of the woman’s job, some arrangement would have to be made for Edward’s care by day until he was old enough to go to boarding school. … Tex. 1980); Dixon v. State, 256 Ind. 266, 269-271 (1971); Kelly v. State, 45 Md. App. 212, 215 (1980); State v. Elliott, 89 N.M. 305, 306 (1976); State v. Santos, 413 A.2d 58, 68 (R.I. 1980). See also Carey v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Frisino

    21 Mass. App. Ct. 551 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Jan 31, 1986

    Brown, J. On appeal from his conviction of breaking and entering, the defendant claims that his trial counsel was ineffective. … Commonwealth v. Campbell, 352 Mass. at 395 . See also Commonwealth v.

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  • Commonwealth v. Cooper

    94 Mass. App. Ct. 1114 · Massachusetts Appeals Court · Dec 19, 2018

    Commonwealth v. Brown , 479 Mass. 163 , 170 (2018), quoting Commonwealth v. Bell , 460 Mass. 294 , 303 (2011). 2. Duplicative convictions . … The cases cited by the Commonwealth, Commonwealth v. Sanchez , 423 Mass. 591 , 598-599 (1996), and Commonwealth v.

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