State Supreme Court / Va.

Gallagher v. Commonwealth

Decided November 30, 1964. Archibald C. Buchanan wrote the opinion for the court.

205 Va. 666 · Cited 57 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.

Flournoy v. State · 128 S.E.2d 528
State v. Swift · 6 A.2d 359
Tilton v. Commonwealth · 196 Va. 774
State v. Webb · 210 N.W. 751
State v. Overbay · 206 N.W. 634
Caldwell v. Commonwealth · 205 Va. 277

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Stevenson v. City of Falls Church · 416 S.E.2d 435
Overbee v. Commonwealth · 315 S.E.2d 242
Nelson v. Com. · 707 S.E.2d 815
Raymond Charles Case v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 63 Va. App. 14
Rix v. Commonwealth · 697 S.E.2d 33
Waller v. Com. · 685 S.E.2d 48
Keesee v. Commonwealth · 527 S.E.2d 473
Cook v. Com. · 597 S.E.2d 84
Harris v. Commonwealth · 576 S.E.2d 228
Nicolls v. Commonwealth · 212 Va. 257
McLean Bank v. Nelson · 350 S.E.2d 651
Monument Associates v. Arlington County Board · 408 S.E.2d 889
State v. Graves · 237 S.E.2d 584
Colorado Division of Revenue v. Lounsbury · 743 P.2d 23
State v. Cyr · 967 A.2d 32
Ngomondjami v. Commonwealth · 678 S.E.2d 281
Colonial Insurance Co. of California v. Rainey · 377 S.E.2d 393
Rosenbaum v. Commonwealth · 402 S.E.2d 498
Kenneth Alexander Reynolds v. City of VA Beach · 31 Va. App. 629
Whitehead v. State · 786 So. 2d 1117
Prudhomme v. Hults · 27 A.D.2d 234

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