Black v. Commonwealth

Decided December 4, 1981. William Carrington Thompson wrote the opinion for the court.

284 S.E.2d 608 · Cited 120 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.

• Higginbotham v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 349
• Stamper v. Commonwealth · 257 S.E.2d 808
• Ridley v. Commonwealth · 252 S.E.2d 313
• Jones v. Commonwealth · 208 Va. 370
• Johnson v. Commonwealth · 209 Va. 291
• Toler v. Commonwealth · 188 Va. 774
• Turner v. Commonwealth · 218 Va. 141
• Stover v. Commonwealth · 283 S.E.2d 194
• LaPrade v. Commonwealth · 191 Va. 410
• Orange v. Commonwealth · 191 Va. 423
• Tompkins v. Commonwealth · 212 Va. 460
• Payne v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 265

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• Wright v. Commonwealth · 297 S.E.2d 711
• Dowden v. Commonwealth · 536 S.E.2d 437
• Shackleford v. Commonwealth · 547 S.E.2d 899
• Pease v. Commonwealth · 573 S.E.2d 272
• Phan v. Commonwealth · 521 S.E.2d 282
• Iglesias v. Commonwealth · 372 S.E.2d 170
• Carter v. Commonwealth · 223 Va. 528
• Lilly v. Commonwealth · 523 S.E.2d 208
• Byers v. Commonwealth · 474 S.E.2d 852
• Dugger v. Commonwealth · 580 S.E.2d 477
• Williams v. Commonwealth · 662 S.E.2d 627
• Moore v. Commonwealth · 487 S.E.2d 864
• Morris v. Com. · 607 S.E.2d 110
• Ford v. Commonwealth · 630 S.E.2d 332
• Johnny Edward Harter v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 31 Va. App. 743
• Tyler v. Commonwealth · 487 S.E.2d 221

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