State Supreme Court / Va.

Buchanan v. Commonwealth

Decided September 22, 1989. John Charles Thomas wrote the opinion for the court.

384 S.E.2d 757 · Cited 139 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.

LeVasseur v. Commonwealth · 304 S.E.2d 644
Pope v. Commonwealth · 360 S.E.2d 352
MacKall v. Commonwealth · 372 S.E.2d 759
Boggs v. Commonwealth · 331 S.E.2d 407
Gray v. Commonwealth · 356 S.E.2d 157
Painter v. Commonwealth · 210 Va. 360
Stockton v. Commonwealth · 314 S.E.2d 371
Justus v. Commonwealth · 283 S.E.2d 905
Jones v. Commonwealth · 323 S.E.2d 554
Woodfin v. Commonwealth · 372 S.E.2d 377
O'Dell v. Commonwealth · 364 S.E.2d 491
Watkins v. Commonwealth · 331 S.E.2d 422
Clark v. Commonwealth · 220 Va. 201
Washington v. Commonwealth · 228 Va. 535
Barnes v. Commonwealth · 360 S.E.2d 196
Patterson v. Commonwealth · 283 S.E.2d 212
Turner v. Commonwealth · 364 S.E.2d 483
Brown v. Commonwealth · 279 S.E.2d 142
Morris v. Commonwealth · 321 S.E.2d 633
Smith v. Commonwealth · 219 Va. 455
Fitzgerald v. Commonwealth · 223 Va. 615
Fisher v. Commonwealth · 374 S.E.2d 46
Bunch v. Commonwealth · 304 S.E.2d 271
Poyner v. Commonwealth · 329 S.E.2d 815
Waye v. Commonwealth · 251 S.E.2d 202

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Andrews v. Com. · 699 S.E.2d 237
Muhammad v. Com. · 611 S.E.2d 537
Porter v. Com. · 661 S.E.2d 415
Green v. Commonwealth · 580 S.E.2d 834
Severance v. Commonwealth · 816 S.E.2d 277
Clagett v. Commonwealth · 472 S.E.2d 263
Satcher v. Commonwealth · 421 S.E.2d 821
Goins v. Commonwealth · 470 S.E.2d 114
Quesinberry v. Commonwealth · 402 S.E.2d 218
Swisher v. Commonwealth · 506 S.E.2d 763
Lilly v. Commonwealth · 499 S.E.2d 522
Thomas v. Commonwealth · 559 S.E.2d 652
Davidson v. Commonwealth · 419 S.E.2d 656
Willis v. Commonwealth · 556 S.E.2d 60
Eugene Harry Proctor, III v. Commonwealth · 40 Va. App. 233
Thomas v. Com. · 688 S.E.2d 220
Hill v. Commonwealth · 550 S.E.2d 351
Zirkle v. Commonwealth · 551 S.E.2d 601
Buchanan v. Angelone · 522 U.S. 269
Spencer v. Commonwealth · 393 S.E.2d 609
Jenkins v. Commonwealth · 423 S.E.2d 360
West v. Commonwealth · 597 S.E.2d 274

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