Godfrey v. Commonwealth

Decided June 15, 1984. George M. Cochran wrote the opinion for the court.

317 S.E.2d 781 · Cited 76 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.

• Woodard v. Commonwealth · 214 Va. 495
• Heflin v. Commonwealth · 177 S.E.2d 644
• Fowlkes v. Commonwealth · 240 S.E.2d 662
• Flanary v. Commonwealth · 184 Va. 204
• Old Dominion Iron & Steel Corp. v. Virginia Electric & Power Co. · 215 Va. 658
• Town of Narrows v. Clear-View Cable TV. Inc. · 315 S.E.2d 835

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• Baity v. Commonwealth · 431 S.E.2d 891
• Taylor v. Commonwealth · 404 S.E.2d 86
• Shavin v. Commonwealth · 437 S.E.2d 411
• Jefferson v. Commonwealth · 532 S.E.2d 899
• Jiron-Garcia v. Commonwealth · 633 S.E.2d 744
• Watkins v. Commonwealth · 494 S.E.2d 859
• Granado v. Commonwealth · 790 S.E.2d 233
• Robinson v. Commonwealth · 502 S.E.2d 704
• Gilchrist v. Commonwealth · 317 S.E.2d 784
• Heath v. Commonwealth · 526 S.E.2d 798
• Norton v. Commonwealth · 448 S.E.2d 892
• Lloyd v. Kime · 654 S.E.2d 563
• Raymond Louis Harvey, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 67 Va. App. 336
• Stinnie v. Commonwealth · 21 Va. App. 610
• Proctor v. North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance · 90 N.C. App. 746

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