State Court of Appeals / Va. Ct. App.

Cooper v. Commonwealth

Decided August 11, 2009. Arthur D. Kelsey wrote the opinion for the court.

680 S.E.2d 361 · Cited 174 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.

Frye v. Commonwealth · 345 S.E.2d 267
Bolden v. Commonwealth · 640 S.E.2d 526
Haskins v. Commonwealth · 602 S.E.2d 402
Newman v. Newman · 593 S.E.2d 533
Commonwealth v. Hudson · 578 S.E.2d 781
Williams v. Com. · 677 S.E.2d 280
Bolden v. Com. · 654 S.E.2d 584
Thomas v. Commonwealth · 633 S.E.2d 229
James v. Commonwealth · 674 S.E.2d 571
Pollino v. Commonwealth · 590 S.E.2d 621
Cohens v. Virginia · 19 U.S. 264
Clanton v. Commonwealth · 673 S.E.2d 904
Haugen v. SHENANDOAH VALLEY SOCIAL SERVICES · 645 S.E.2d 261
Quintana v. Commonwealth · 295 S.E.2d 643
Parks v. Commonwealth · 270 S.E.2d 755
Thomas v. Commonwealth · 607 S.E.2d 738
Crowder v. Commonwealth · 588 S.E.2d 384
Maxwell v. Com. · 657 S.E.2d 499
Jones v. Com. · 670 S.E.2d 727
Ortiz v. Com. · 667 S.E.2d 751
Johnson v. Commonwealth · 609 S.E.2d 58
Commonwealth v. Harley · 504 S.E.2d 852
McMillan v. Com. · 671 S.E.2d 396
Lowery v. Commonwealth · 387 S.E.2d 508
Craddock v. Commonwealth · 580 S.E.2d 454

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Tizon v. Commonwealth · 723 S.E.2d 260
Holloway v. Commonwealth · 705 S.E.2d 510
Shawanda S. Thorne v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 66 Va. App. 248
Kovalaske v. Commonwealth · 692 S.E.2d 641
Wilder v. Commonwealth · 687 S.E.2d 542
Foltz v. Commonwealth · 706 S.E.2d 914
Tina Marie Bryant v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 67 Va. App. 569
Steven T. Russell v. Karen A. Russell · 63 Va. App. 468
Hylton v. Commonwealth · 723 S.E.2d 628
Holloway v. Commonwealth · 696 S.E.2d 247
Morgan Sinclair Goodwin v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 64 Va. App. 322
Holloway v. Commonwealth · 687 S.E.2d 557
Turner v. Commonwealth · 712 S.E.2d 28
Charles C. Girard, s/k/a Charles Cornell Girard v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 66 Va. App. 230

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