Commonwealth v. Sands

Decided November 2, 2001. Lawrence L. Koontz wrote the opinion for the court.

553 S.E.2d 733 · Cited 113 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.

• Vlastaris v. Commonwealth · 164 Va. 647
• Sands v. Commonwealth · 536 S.E.2d 461
• Commonwealth v. Donkor · 507 S.E.2d 75
• Boone v. Commonwealth · 195 Va. 708
• Yarborough v. Commonwealth · 217 Va. 971
• LeVasseur v. Commonwealth · 304 S.E.2d 644
• McGhee v. Commonwealth · 248 S.E.2d 808
• Hatcher v. Commonwealth · 241 S.E.2d 756
• Banner v. Commonwealth · 204 Va. 640
• Mercer v. Commonwealth · 150 Va. 588
• Commonwealth v. Alexander · 531 S.E.2d 567

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• Com. v. Cary · 623 S.E.2d 906
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• David Gregory Landeck v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 59 Va. App. 744
• Avent v. Com. · 688 S.E.2d 244
• Molina v. Commonwealth · 624 S.E.2d 83
• Riley v. Com. · 675 S.E.2d 168
• Commonwealth v. Leal · 574 S.E.2d 285
• Small v. Commonwealth · 788 S.E.2d 702
• Tina Marie Bryant v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 67 Va. App. 569
• Edmonds v. Commonwealth · 787 S.E.2d 860
• Hughes v. Commonwealth · 598 S.E.2d 743
• Adedamola Oraide Adeniran v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 63 Va. App. 617
• Simon v. Commonwealth · 708 S.E.2d 245

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