State Supreme Court / Va.

Harris v. Com.

Decided October 31, 2008. S. Bernard Goodwyn wrote the opinion for the court.

668 S.E.2d 141 · Cited 98 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.

Jackson v. Commonwealth · 594 S.E.2d 595
Florida v. JL · 529 U.S. 266
McCain v. Commonwealth · 545 S.E.2d 541
Bass v. Commonwealth · 525 S.E.2d 921
McCain v. Com. · 659 S.E.2d 512
Zimmerman v. Commonwealth · 363 S.E.2d 708
Bolden v. Commonwealth · 561 S.E.2d 701
Murphy v. Commonwealth · 570 S.E.2d 836
Harris v. Com. · 400 S.E.2d 191
Hollis v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 874
Brown v. Com. · 620 S.E.2d 760
Ewell v. Commonwealth · 491 S.E.2d 721
Barrett v. Commonwealth · 462 S.E.2d 109
Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco · 387 U.S. 523
People v. Wells · 136 P.3d 810
State v. Rutzinski · 2001 WI 22
State v. Boyea · 765 A.2d 862
Fore v. Commonwealth · 265 S.E.2d 729
State v. Walshire · 634 N.W.2d 625
Cost v. Com. · 657 S.E.2d 505
Leeth v. Commonwealth · 288 S.E.2d 475
State v. Melanson · 140 N.H. 199
Wells v. Commonwealth · 371 S.E.2d 19
Harris v. Commonwealth · 551 S.E.2d 606
Cottrell v. State · 971 So. 2d 735

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Jones v. Com. · 691 S.E.2d 801
Foltz v. Commonwealth · 706 S.E.2d 914
Jamie Aaron Kuhne v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 61 Va. App. 79
Loren Anthony Mason, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 64 Va. App. 292
Secret v. Commonwealth · 819 S.E.2d 234
Loren Anthony Mason, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 63 Va. App. 587

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