State Supreme Court / Va.

Higginbotham v. Commonwealth

Decided October 10, 1975. Alexander Harman wrote the opinion for the court.

216 Va. 349 · Cited 746 times

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LaPrade v. Commonwealth · 191 Va. 410
Boykins v. Commonwealth · 210 Va. 309
Orange v. Commonwealth · 191 Va. 423
Payne v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 265

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Speight v. Commonwealth · 354 S.E.2d 95
Gardner v. Commonwealth · 3 Va. App. 418
Naulty v. Commonwealth · 346 S.E.2d 540
Horton v. Commonwealth · 499 S.E.2d 258
Ford v. Commonwealth · 503 S.E.2d 803
Wells v. Commonwealth · 531 S.E.2d 16
Shurbaji v. Commonwealth · 444 S.E.2d 549
Wright v. Commonwealth · 348 S.E.2d 9
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Wright v. Commonwealth · 641 S.E.2d 119
O'Brien v. Commonwealth · 356 S.E.2d 449
Brailey v. Commonwealth · 686 S.E.2d 546
McNair v. Commonwealth · 513 S.E.2d 866
Speight v. Commonwealth · 2 Va. App. 140
Williams v. Commonwealth · 512 S.E.2d 133
Gardner v. Commonwealth · 350 S.E.2d 229
Commonwealth v. Hudson · 578 S.E.2d 781
Blain v. Commonwealth · 371 S.E.2d 838
Stockton v. Commonwealth · 314 S.E.2d 371
Dowden v. Commonwealth · 536 S.E.2d 437

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