Brown v. Commonwealth

Decided November 27, 1985. Richard Harding Poff wrote the opinion for the court.

337 S.E.2d 711 · Cited 121 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.

• Scott v. Commonwealth · 323 S.E.2d 572
• Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299
• Nielsen · 131 U.S. 176
• People v. Scott · 63 N.Y.2d 518
• State v. Fulcher · 243 S.E.2d 338
• Little v. State · 479 A.2d 903
• Commonwealth v. Trumble · 483 N.E.2d 1102
• State v. Deskins · 673 P.2d 1174
• State v. Folck · 325 N.W.2d 368
• State v. Super. Ct. in & for County of Pima · 691 P.2d 1073

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• Fields v. Commonwealth · 632 S.E.2d 8
• Hoyt v. Commonwealth · 605 S.E.2d 755
• Walker v. Commonwealth · 622 S.E.2d 282
• Walker v. Com. · 636 S.E.2d 476
• Wiggins v. Commonwealth · 622 S.E.2d 774
• Smith v. Commonwealth · 697 S.E.2d 14
• State v. Weaver · 382 S.E.2d 327
• Hoke v. Commonwealth · 377 S.E.2d 595
• Andrews v. Com. · 699 S.E.2d 237
• Jerman v. Director of the Department of Corrections · 593 S.E.2d 255
• Clanton v. Commonwealth · 673 S.E.2d 904
• State v. Salamon · 949 A.2d 1092
• Cardwell v. Commonwealth · 450 S.E.2d 146
• Brown v. Commonwealth · 559 S.E.2d 415
• Powell v. Commonwealth · 552 S.E.2d 344
• Bell v. Commonwealth · 468 S.E.2d 114
• State of Tennessee v. Jerome Maurice Teats · 468 S.W.3d 495
• Dalo v. Commonwealth · 554 S.E.2d 705
• Donte Lavell Brooks v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 61 Va. App. 618
• United States v. Lentz · 275 F. Supp. 2d 723
• Hudgins v. Commonwealth · 597 S.E.2d 221
• Crawford v. Commonwealth · 670 S.E.2d 15
• Jonathan Marquis Holley v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 64 Va. App. 156
• Hoke v. Thompson · 852 F. Supp. 1310

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