State Supreme Court / Va.

Beck v. Commonwealth

Decided April 18, 1997. Lawrence L. Koontz wrote the opinion for the court.

484 S.E.2d 898 · Cited 170 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.

Murphy v. Commonwealth · 431 S.E.2d 48
Stamper v. Commonwealth · 257 S.E.2d 808
Jenkins v. Commonwealth · 423 S.E.2d 360
Goins v. Commonwealth · 470 S.E.2d 114
Clagett v. Commonwealth · 472 S.E.2d 263
Coe v. Commonwealth · 340 S.E.2d 820
Weeks v. Commonwealth · 450 S.E.2d 379
Smith v. Commonwealth · 389 S.E.2d 871
Mueller v. Commonwealth · 422 S.E.2d 380
Eckhart v. Commonwealth · 279 S.E.2d 155
Williams v. Commonwealth · 360 S.E.2d 361
Breard v. Commonwealth · 445 S.E.2d 670
Boggs v. Commonwealth · 331 S.E.2d 407
Savino v. Commonwealth · 391 S.E.2d 276
Briley v. Commonwealth · 273 S.E.2d 57
Stout v. Commonwealth · 376 S.E.2d 288

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Johnson v. Commonwealth · 529 S.E.2d 769
George Wesley Huguely, V v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 63 Va. App. 92
Waylon Allen Cox v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 65 Va. App. 506
Cephas Leon Blunt v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 62 Va. App. 1
Muhammad v. Com. · 611 S.E.2d 537
Juniper v. Com. · 626 S.E.2d 383
Du v. Commonwealth · 790 S.E.2d 493
Grattan v. Com. · 685 S.E.2d 634
Winston v. Com. · 604 S.E.2d 21
Carter v. Commonwealth · 800 S.E.2d 498
Cherrix v. Commonwealth · 513 S.E.2d 642
Remington v. Commonwealth · 551 S.E.2d 620
Powell v. Commonwealth · 552 S.E.2d 344
State v. Rizzo · 31 A.3d 1094
Yarbrough v. Commonwealth · 519 S.E.2d 602
Walton v. Commonwealth · 501 S.E.2d 134
Green v. Commonwealth · 580 S.E.2d 834
State of Arizona v. Andre Michael Leteve · 237 Ariz. 516
Swisher v. Commonwealth · 506 S.E.2d 763
Wright v. Commonwealth · 667 S.E.2d 787
Harris v. Commonwealth · 520 S.E.2d 825
Morrisette v. Commonwealth · 569 S.E.2d 47

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