State Court of Appeals / Va. Ct. App.

Canipe v. Commonwealth

Decided October 14, 1997. Larry G. Elder wrote the opinion for the court.

491 S.E.2d 747 · Cited 141 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.

Barrett v. Commonwealth · 341 S.E.2d 190
Essex v. Commonwealth · 322 S.E.2d 216
Randolph v. Commonwealth · 190 Va. 256
Jordan v. Commonwealth · 252 S.E.2d 323
Moxley v. Commonwealth · 195 Va. 151
Williamson v. Commonwealth · 180 Va. 277
Hannah v. Commonwealth · 153 Va. 863
Martin v. Commonwealth · 184 Va. 1009
Higginbotham v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 349
Traverso v. Commonwealth · 366 S.E.2d 719
O'Dell v. Commonwealth · 364 S.E.2d 491
Cable v. Commonwealth · 415 S.E.2d 218
McClung v. Commonwealth · 215 Va. 654
Rhodes v. Commonwealth · 384 S.E.2d 95
Pugh v. Commonwealth · 223 Va. 663
Painter v. Commonwealth · 210 Va. 360
Burford v. Commonwealth · 179 Va. 752
Scott v. Commonwealth · 143 Va. 510
Bradshaw v. Commonwealth · 174 Va. 391
Thomas v. Commonwealth · 186 Va. 131
Cohen v. Power · 183 Va. 258
Jordan v. Taylor · 209 Va. 43

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Walls v. Commonwealth · 563 S.E.2d 384
Tiffany Stevens Miller v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 64 Va. App. 527
Simon v. Commonwealth · 708 S.E.2d 245
Graham v. Commonwealth · 525 S.E.2d 567
Rhodes v. Commonwealth · 583 S.E.2d 773
Com. v. Cary · 623 S.E.2d 906
Robinson v. Commonwealth · 583 S.E.2d 60
Jett v. Commonwealth · 510 S.E.2d 747
Mohajer v. Commonwealth · 579 S.E.2d 359
Griffin v. Commonwealth · 533 S.E.2d 653
David Gregory Landeck v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 59 Va. App. 744
Selph v. Commonwealth · 632 S.E.2d 24
Tyrone Logan, s/k/a Tyrone Lamont Logan v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 67 Va. App. 747
Jett v. Commonwealth · 501 S.E.2d 457
Mohajer v. Commonwealth · 39 Va. App. 21

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