Greenfield v. Commonwealth

Decided April 22, 1974. Lawrence W. I'Anson wrote the opinion for the court.

214 Va. 710 · Cited 83 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.

• Harding v. State · 246 A.2d 302
• People v. Modesto · 382 P.2d 33
• Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333
• State v. Mercer · 165 S.E.2d 328
• People v. Newton · 8 Cal. App. 3d 359
• State v. Harris · 405 P.2d 492
• Carter v. Commonwealth · 209 Va. 317
• Chittum v. Commonwealth · 211 Va. 12
• Rollins v. Commonwealth · 207 Va. 575
• Orange v. Commonwealth · 191 Va. 423
• Foster v. Commonwealth · 209 Va. 297
• Blount v. Commonwealth · 213 Va. 807
• Lewis v. Commonwealth · 209 Va. 602
• Hampton v. Commonwealth · 190 Va. 531
• Wansley v. Commonwealth · 210 Va. 462
• Evans v. Commonwealth · 161 Va. 992
• Commonwealth v. Crosby · 444 Pa. 17
• Maxwell v. Commonwealth · 169 Va. 886

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• State v. MacK · 292 N.W.2d 764
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• Mu'Min v. Commonwealth · 389 S.E.2d 886
• Thomas v. Commonwealth · 559 S.E.2d 652
• State v. Iwakiri · 682 P.2d 571
• State v. Collins · 464 A.2d 1028
• Briley v. Commonwealth · 273 S.E.2d 48
• State v. Tuttle · 780 P.2d 1203
• Peeples v. Commonwealth · 519 S.E.2d 382
• Hall v. Commonwealth · 403 S.E.2d 362
• Newcomer v. Commonwealth · 255 S.E.2d 485
• People v. Shirley · 723 P.2d 1354
• Burnett v. State · 642 S.W.2d 765
• Riley v. Com. · 675 S.E.2d 168
• State v. Johnston · 39 Ohio St. 3d 48
• Shell v. State · 554 So. 2d 887
• Smith v. Commonwealth · 219 Va. 455
• State Ex Rel. Collins v. SUPERIOR COURT, ETC. · 644 P.2d 1266
• Justus v. Commonwealth · 266 S.E.2d 87
• George v. Commonwealth · 411 S.E.2d 12
• State v. McQueen · 244 S.E.2d 414
• State v. Palmer · 313 N.W.2d 648
• Thomas v. Commonwealth · 419 S.E.2d 606
• State v. Brown · 337 N.W.2d 138
• Strong v. State · 435 N.E.2d 969

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