State Court of Appeals / Va. Ct. App.

Hughes v. Commonwealth

Decided December 17, 2002. Johanna L. Fitzpatrick wrote the opinion for the court.

573 S.E.2d 324 · Cited 56 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.

Yarborough v. Commonwealth · 217 Va. 971
McGhee v. Commonwealth · 248 S.E.2d 808
Jamborsky v. Baskins · 442 S.E.2d 636
Johnson v. Commonwealth · 188 Va. 848
Juares v. Commonwealth · 493 S.E.2d 677
Shackleford v. Commonwealth · 547 S.E.2d 899
Halifax Corp. v. First Union National Bank · 546 S.E.2d 696
Gardner v. Commonwealth · 3 Va. App. 418
Tatum v. Commonwealth · 440 S.E.2d 133
Peyton v. French · 207 Va. 73
Randolph v. Commonwealth · 190 Va. 256
Reynolds v. Commonwealth · 515 S.E.2d 808
Burfoot v. Commonwealth · 473 S.E.2d 724
Barnes v. Commonwealth · 535 S.E.2d 706
Adams v. Commonwealth · 163 Va. 1053
Callahan v. Commonwealth · 63 S.E.2d 617
Adams v. Commonwealth · 201 Va. 321
Bevley v. Commonwealth · 185 Va. 210
Toliver v. Commonwealth · 561 S.E.2d 743
Cummings v. Fulghum · 540 S.E.2d 495
Forst v. Rockingham Poultry Marketing Cooperative, Inc. · 222 Va. 270

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Coleman v. Commonwealth · 660 S.E.2d 687
Armstead v. Commonwealth · 695 S.E.2d 561
Rodriguez v. Commonwealth · 578 S.E.2d 78
7-Eleven, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality · 590 S.E.2d 84
Alger v. Commonwealth · 578 S.E.2d 51
Commonwealth v. Needham · 685 S.E.2d 857

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