State Supreme Court / Va.

Fisher v. Commonwealth

Decided October 12, 1984. Charles S. Russell wrote the opinion for the court.

321 S.E.2d 202 · 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.

Willis v. Commonwealth · 238 S.E.2d 811
Snyder v. Commonwealth · 263 S.E.2d 55
Poindexter v. Commonwealth · 213 Va. 212
Robinson v. Commonwealth · 197 Va. 754
Scoggin v. Commonwealth · 158 Va. 888
State v. Beck · 286 S.E.2d 234

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Hebden v. Commonwealth · 25 Va. App. 448
Ashby v. Commonwealth · 535 S.E.2d 182
Clifford v. Commonwealth · 633 S.E.2d 178
Thomas Haynesworth v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 59 Va. App. 197
Johnson v. Commonwealth · 709 S.E.2d 175
Moyer v. Commonwealth · 531 S.E.2d 580
Correll v. Commonwealth · 591 S.E.2d 712
Love v. Commonwealth · 441 S.E.2d 709
Ragsdale v. Commonwealth · 565 S.E.2d 331
McCary v. Commonwealth · 548 S.E.2d 239
State v. Murray · 375 S.E.2d 405
Wells v. Commonwealth · 531 S.E.2d 16
Grubb v. Grubb · 630 S.E.2d 746
Kehinde v. Commonwealth · 338 S.E.2d 356
Sanchez v. Commonwealth · 585 S.E.2d 327
Merritt v. Commonwealth · 704 S.E.2d 158
Watson v. State · 510 A.2d 1094
Cairns v. Commonwealth · 542 S.E.2d 771
Tuma v. Commonwealth · 726 S.E.2d 365
Moyer v. Commonwealth · 520 S.E.2d 371

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