State Court of Appeals / Va. Ct. App.

Gonzales v. Commonwealth

Decided April 12, 2005. Elizabeth A. McClanahan wrote the opinion for the court.

611 S.E.2d 616 · Cited 58 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.

Commonwealth v. Minor · 591 S.E.2d 61
Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth · 211 Va. 269
Clifton v. Commonwealth · 468 S.E.2d 155
Kotteakos v. United States · 328 U.S. 750
Clay v. Commonwealth · 546 S.E.2d 728
Jones v. Commonwealth · 252 S.E.2d 370
United States v. Abel · 469 U.S. 45
People v. Harrison · 768 P.2d 1078
Funk v. United States · 290 U.S. 371
Carroll v. State · 370 S.W.2d 523
Commonwealth v. Hudson · 578 S.E.2d 781
Parks v. Commonwealth · 270 S.E.2d 755
Blain v. Commonwealth · 371 S.E.2d 838
Goins v. Commonwealth · 470 S.E.2d 114
Juares v. Commonwealth · 493 S.E.2d 677
Payne v. State · 210 S.E.2d 775
Lewis v. Commonwealth · 303 S.E.2d 890
Spencer v. Commonwealth · 384 S.E.2d 775
Seaton v. Commonwealth · 595 S.E.2d 9
Woodfin v. Commonwealth · 372 S.E.2d 377
State v. Williams · 287 N.W.2d 18
Donahue v. Commonwealth · 300 S.E.2d 768
Tuggle v. Commonwealth · 334 S.E.2d 838
Commonwealth v. Berkowitz · 641 A.2d 1161
Tuggle v. Commonwealth · 323 S.E.2d 539

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Lynch v. Commonwealth · 617 S.E.2d 399
Jeremy Deshawn Fitzgerald v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 61 Va. App. 279
Crawford v. Com. · 704 S.E.2d 107
Molina v. Commonwealth · 624 S.E.2d 83
Philip Surles v. Kristan Mayer and Marty Cullen, Jr. · 48 Va. App. 146
Billips v. Commonwealth · 630 S.E.2d 340
Pryor v. Commonwealth · 646 S.E.2d 21
Bynum v. Commonwealth · 704 S.E.2d 131

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