Barker v. Commonwealth

Decided November 27, 1985. Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

337 S.E.2d 729 · Cited 91 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.

• Willis v. Commonwealth · 238 S.E.2d 811
• Tuggle v. Commonwealth · 323 S.E.2d 539
• Calhoun v. Commonwealth · 307 S.E.2d 896
• Stover v. Commonwealth · 211 Va. 789
• Coppola v. Commonwealth · 257 S.E.2d 797
• Whittaker v. Commonwealth · 217 Va. 966
• Justus v. Commonwealth · 266 S.E.2d 87
• Breeden v. Commonwealth · 217 Va. 297
• Davis v. Commonwealth · 335 S.E.2d 375
• Salina v. Commonwealth · 217 Va. 92
• Briley v. Commonwealth · 279 S.E.2d 151
• Poindexter v. Commonwealth · 213 Va. 212
• Gray v. Commonwealth · 311 S.E.2d 409
• Hewitt v. Commonwealth · 311 S.E.2d 112
• Shanklin v. Commonwealth · 284 S.E.2d 611

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• Powell v. Commonwealth · 590 S.E.2d 537
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• James v. Commonwealth · 254 Va. 95
• Irving v. Commonwealth · 422 S.E.2d 471
• League v. Commonwealth · 385 S.E.2d 232
• Servis v. Commonwealth · 371 S.E.2d 156
• Phillip C. BAY, S/K/A Philip C. Bay v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia · 60 Va. App. 520
• Campbell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. · 2001 UT 89
• Green v. Commonwealth · 546 S.E.2d 446
• Yopp v. Hodges · 598 S.E.2d 760
• Green v. Commonwealth · 580 S.E.2d 834
• Lewis v. Com. · 608 S.E.2d 907
• Speller v. Commonwealth · 345 S.E.2d 542
• Wolfe v. Commonwealth · 576 S.E.2d 471
• Bell v. Commonwealth · 468 S.E.2d 114
• State v. Finley · 355 S.E.2d 47
• Pavlick v. Commonwealth · 497 S.E.2d 920
• Moore v. Commonwealth · 487 S.E.2d 864
• Bradbury v. Commonwealth · 578 S.E.2d 93
• Cecelia Leigh Burnette v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 60 Va. App. 462
• May v. Commonwealth · 3 Va. App. 348
• Patterson v. Commonwealth · 576 S.E.2d 222
• Myers v. Commonwealth · 400 S.E.2d 803
• Molash v. Commonwealth · 3 Va. App. 243

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