Bolden v. Com.

Decided January 11, 2008. S. Bernard Goodwyn wrote the opinion for the court.

654 S.E.2d 584 · Cited 376 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.

• Rawls v. Com. · 634 S.E.2d 697
• Walton v. Commonwealth · 497 S.E.2d 869
• Coles v. Com. · 621 S.E.2d 109
• Riner v. Com. · 601 S.E.2d 555
• Drew v. Commonwealth · 338 S.E.2d 844
• Powers v. Commonwealth · 316 S.E.2d 739
• Commonwealth v. Jenkins · 499 S.E.2d 263
• Commonwealth v. Presley · 507 S.E.2d 72
• Lane v. Commonwealth · 223 Va. 713
• Burns v. Commonwealth · 261 Va. 307
• Robinson v. Com. · 639 S.E.2d 217
• Andrews v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 179
• Bolden v. Commonwealth · 640 S.E.2d 526
• Baldwin v. Com. · 645 S.E.2d 433

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• Smallwood v. Com. · 688 S.E.2d 154
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• Wright v. Commonwealth · 670 S.E.2d 772
• Purvy v. Commonwealth · 717 S.E.2d 847
• English v. Commonwealth · 715 S.E.2d 391
• Keishawn Lomant Whitfield v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 57 Va. App. 396
• Alexander J. Dennos, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 63 Va. App. 139
• Phillips v. Commonwealth · 694 S.E.2d 805
• Carlton Shell v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 64 Va. App. 16
• Cooper v. Commonwealth · 680 S.E.2d 361
• Britt v. Com. · 667 S.E.2d 763
• Armstead v. Commonwealth · 695 S.E.2d 561
• Montague v. Com. · 684 S.E.2d 583
• Brown v. Com. · 685 S.E.2d 43
• Riley v. Com. · 675 S.E.2d 168
• Redmond v. Commonwealth · 57 Va. App. 254
• Hunter v. Commonwealth · 690 S.E.2d 792
• Hargrove v. Commonwealth · 673 S.E.2d 896
• Jarrod Antonio Spence v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 60 Va. App. 355
• William Lloyd Henry v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 63 Va. App. 30
• Smith v. Commonwealth · 701 S.E.2d 826
• Smith v. Commonwealth · 692 S.E.2d 265
• Redmond v. Com. · 701 S.E.2d 81
• Perry v. Com. · 701 S.E.2d 431
• Bowman v. Commonwealth · 777 S.E.2d 851

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