Coppola v. Commonwealth

Decided August 30, 1979. George M. Cochran wrote the opinion for the court.

257 S.E.2d 797 · Cited 162 times

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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.

• Smith v. Commonwealth · 219 Va. 455
• McMillan v. Commonwealth · 188 Va. 429
• Pannill v. Commonwealth · 185 Va. 244
• Stamper v. Commonwealth · 257 S.E.2d 808
• State v. Richmond · 560 P.2d 41
• Waye v. Commonwealth · 251 S.E.2d 202
• Zirkle v. Commonwealth · 189 Va. 862
• State v. Kosanke · 160 P.2d 541
• Mason v. Commonwealth · 254 S.E.2d 116
• Strawderman v. Commonwealth · 200 Va. 855
• Lewis v. Commonwealth · 218 Va. 31
• Ramsey v. Commonwealth · 200 Va. 245
• Hill v. State · 229 S.E.2d 737
• Commonwealth v. Pass · 360 A.2d 167
• Venable v. Stockner · 200 Va. 900
• Foster v. Commonwealth · 209 Va. 297
• Webb v. Commonwealth · 154 Va. 866
• State v. . Reid · 101 S.E. 104
• Farrow v. Commonwealth · 197 Va. 353
• Allen v. Commonwealth · 171 Va. 499
• Greenfield v. Commonwealth · 214 Va. 710
• Johnson v. Commonwealth · 255 S.E.2d 525

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• Shifflett v. Commonwealth · 494 S.E.2d 163
• Commonwealth v. Shifflett · 510 S.E.2d 232
• Stumpf v. Commonwealth · 379 S.E.2d 480
• Shifflett v. Commonwealth · 484 S.E.2d 134
• Jones v. Commonwealth · 679 S.E.2d 568
• Turner v. Commonwealth · 273 S.E.2d 36
• Muhammad v. Com. · 611 S.E.2d 537
• Pritchett v. Commonwealth · 557 S.E.2d 205
• Hall v. Commonwealth · 433 S.E.2d 489
• Fitzgerald v. Commonwealth · 223 Va. 615
• Gray v. Commonwealth · 356 S.E.2d 157
• Sheppard v. Commonwealth · 464 S.E.2d 131
• Brown v. Commonwealth · 22 Va. App. 316
• Stamper v. Commonwealth · 257 S.E.2d 808
• Street v. Street · 488 S.E.2d 665
• LeVasseur v. Commonwealth · 304 S.E.2d 644
• Stockton v. Commonwealth · 314 S.E.2d 371
• Muhammad v. Com. · 619 S.E.2d 16
• Correll v. Commonwealth · 352 S.E.2d 352
• Poyner v. Commonwealth · 329 S.E.2d 815
• Thomas v. Commonwealth · 419 S.E.2d 606
• Jones v. Commonwealth · 323 S.E.2d 554
• Clanton v. Commonwealth · 286 S.E.2d 172
• Coleman v. Commonwealth · 307 S.E.2d 864
• Quintana v. Commonwealth · 295 S.E.2d 643

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