State Supreme Court / Va.

Hollis v. Commonwealth

Decided April 23, 1976. George M. Cochran wrote the opinion for the court.

216 Va. 874 · Cited 85 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.

McKoy v. Commonwealth · 183 S.E.2d 153
People v. Superior Court · 478 P.2d 449
People v. Terry · 454 P.2d 36
Oglesby v. Commonwealth · 213 Va. 247
People v. Blodgett · 46 Cal. 2d 114
Schaum v. Commonwealth · 215 Va. 498
Lugar v. Commonwealth · 202 S.E.2d 894
Cook v. Commonwealth · 216 S.E.2d 48
People v. Hall · 198 N.W.2d 762
Johnson v. Commonwealth · 208 Va. 481
Duffield v. Peyton · 209 Va. 178
People v. Superior Court · 272 Cal. App. 2d 383

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Brown v. Com. · 620 S.E.2d 760
Purdie v. Commonwealth · 549 S.E.2d 33
Washington v. Commonwealth · 219 Va. 857
DePriest v. Commonwealth · 359 S.E.2d 540
Jones v. Com. · 670 S.E.2d 727
Jones v. Com. · 688 S.E.2d 269
Taylor v. Commonwealth · 284 S.E.2d 833
Parker v. Commonwealth · 496 S.E.2d 47
McCracken v. Commonwealth · 572 S.E.2d 493
Cost v. Com. · 657 S.E.2d 505
Copeland v. Commonwealth · 592 S.E.2d 391
Curley v. Commonwealth · 816 S.E.2d 587
Barnes v. Com. · 688 S.E.2d 210
Al-Karrien v. Commonwealth · 561 S.E.2d 747
Robinson v. Commonwealth · 675 S.E.2d 206
West v. Commonwealth · 678 S.E.2d 836
McLaughlin v. Commonwealth · 629 S.E.2d 724
Grandison v. Commonwealth · 630 S.E.2d 358
Cost v. Commonwealth · 638 S.E.2d 714
Bristol v. Commonwealth · 625 S.E.2d 676
Jones v. Target Corp. · 341 F. Supp. 2d 583

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