Jones v. Commonwealth

Decided October 13, 1952. Claude V. Spratley wrote the opinion for the court.

194 Va. 273 · Cited 59 times

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• Coward v. Commonwealth · 164 Va. 639
• State v. Carroll · 69 P.2d 542
• Williams v. State · 234 S.W.2d 993
• McCann v. Commonwealth · 174 Va. 429
• Commonwealth v. Johnson · 368 Pa. 139
• State v. . Howard · 22 S.E.2d 917
• State v. Howard · 222 N.C. 291

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• Mason v. Commonwealth · 373 S.E.2d 603
• Wansley v. Commonwealth · 205 Va. 412
• People v. Morse · 388 P.2d 33
• People v. Ramos · 639 P.2d 908
• People v. Chessman · 52 Cal. 2d 467
• State v. Cornett · 381 S.W.2d 878
• Edwards v. Commonwealth · 589 S.E.2d 444
• Flanagan v. Commonwealth · 714 S.E.2d 212
• Wiley v. State · 691 So. 2d 959
• State v. Robbins · 356 S.E.2d 279
• Nusbaum v. Berlin · 641 S.E.2d 494
• State v. White · 142 A.2d 65
• Williams v. Commonwealth · 360 S.E.2d 361
• Runyon v. Commonwealth · 513 S.E.2d 872
• Smith v. State · 317 A.2d 20
• State v. Lindsey · 233 S.E.2d 734
• State v. Remmers · 259 N.W.2d 779
• Kitze v. Commonwealth · 435 S.E.2d 583
• Caldwell v. Commonwealth · 269 S.E.2d 811
• Timmons v. Commonwealth · 204 Va. 205
• Booker v. Com. · 661 S.E.2d 461

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