Avent v. Commonwealth

Decided December 6, 1968. Albertis S. Harrison wrote the opinion for the court.

209 Va. 474 · Cited 58 times

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Precedents cited

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.

• Lawless v. State · 241 A.2d 155
• Wright v. Commonwealth · 196 Va. 132
• Breeding v. State · 151 A.2d 743
• Moon v. State · 22 Ariz. 418
• Anthony v. State · 68 S.E.2d 150
• Debinski v. State · 71 A.2d 460
• Jordan v. Commonwealth · 207 Va. 591
• Ames & Webb, Inc. v. Commercial Laundry Co. · 204 Va. 616
• Swersky v. Higgins · 194 Va. 983
• United States v. Kelly · 55 F.2d 67

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Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Turner v. Commonwealth · 218 Va. 141
• Tyler v. Commonwealth · 487 S.E.2d 221
• Dewayne Oliver Winslow v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 64 Va. App. 121
• Commonwealth v. Jenkins · 499 S.E.2d 263
• Parrish v. Commonwealth · 437 S.E.2d 215
• Slaughter v. Commonwealth · 644 S.E.2d 89
• Napper v. Commonwealth · 260 S.E.2d 216
• Spencer v. Commonwealth · 393 S.E.2d 609
• People of Illinois v. Rhodes · 422 N.E.2d 605
• Fordham v. Commonwealth · 409 S.E.2d 829
• Zoretic v. Commonwealth · 409 S.E.2d 832
• Dowdy v. Com. · 686 S.E.2d 710
• Morris v. Com. · 636 S.E.2d 436
• State v. Miller · 49 Ohio St. 2d 198
• Ricks v. Commonwealth · 237 S.E.2d 810
• Shawn D. Granger v. Commonwealth · 20 Va. App. 576
• Williams v. Commonwealth · 212 Va. 818
• Christian v. Commonwealth · 210 Va. 117

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