State Supreme Court / Va.

Coe v. Commonwealth

Decided March 7, 1986. Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

340 S.E.2d 820 · Cited 150 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.

Bunting v. Commonwealth · 208 Va. 309
Crowson v. Swan · 164 Va. 82
Clozza v. Commonwealth · 321 S.E.2d 273
Spruill v. Commonwealth · 271 S.E.2d 419
Noll v. Rahal · 250 S.E.2d 741
Boggs v. Commonwealth · 199 Va. 478
Seilheimer v. Melville · 295 S.E.2d 896
Peacock Buick, Inc. v. Durkin · 277 S.E.2d 225

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Spencer v. Commonwealth · 393 S.E.2d 609
Beck v. Commonwealth · 484 S.E.2d 898
Commonwealth v. Shifflett · 510 S.E.2d 232
Guill v. Commonwealth · 495 S.E.2d 489
Burns v. Commonwealth · 261 Va. 307
Bennett v. Commonwealth · 374 S.E.2d 303
Lovitt v. Commonwealth · 537 S.E.2d 866
Wise v. Commonwealth · 367 S.E.2d 197
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Midkiff v. Com. · 694 S.E.2d 576
Thomas Pope, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 60 Va. App. 486
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Jones v. Commonwealth · 650 S.E.2d 859
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