Jones v. Commonwealth

Decided February 2, 2017. Denham Arthur Kelsey wrote the opinion for the court.

795 S.E.2d 705 · Cited 123 times

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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.

• Hirschkop v. Commonwealth · 209 Va. 678
• Hodges v. Commonwealth · 191 S.E.2d 794
• Singh v. Mooney · 541 S.E.2d 549
• Rawls v. Com. · 683 S.E.2d 544
• Ex Parte Siebold · 100 U.S. 371
• Vasquez v. Commonwealth · 781 S.E.2d 920
• Danforth v. Minnesota · 552 U.S. 264
• Loving v. Commonwealth · 206 Va. 924
• Schmitt v. Commonwealth · 547 S.E.2d 186
• Duncan v. Commonwealth · 343 S.E.2d 392
• Armour & Co. v. Wantock · 323 U.S. 126
• McKane v. Durston · 153 U.S. 684
• United States v. Mezzanatto · 513 U.S. 196
• Gibson v. United States · 329 U.S. 338
• Hernandez v. Com. · 707 S.E.2d 273
• Edwards v. Commonwealth · 589 S.E.2d 444
• Morrison v. Bestler · 387 S.E.2d 753
• McGhee v. Com. · 701 S.E.2d 58
• Floyd v. Commonwealth · 219 Va. 575
• Commonwealth v. Shifflett · 510 S.E.2d 232
• Selected Risks Insurance v. Dean · 355 S.E.2d 579
• Jackson v. Commonwealth · 590 S.E.2d 520
• Thomas v. Commonwealth · 419 S.E.2d 606
• Evans v. Smyth-Wythe Airport Commission · 495 S.E.2d 825
• Emmett v. Commonwealth · 264 Va. 364

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• Collins v. Commonwealth · 824 S.E.2d 485
• MacDougall v. Levick · 805 S.E.2d 775
• Remill Mason v. State of Mississippi · 235 So. 3d 129
• Larry W. Newton, Jr. v. State of Indiana · 83 N.E.3d 726
• People v. Holman · 2017 IL 120655
• Davis v. State · 415 P.3d 666
• In Re: Brown · 810 S.E.2d 444
• Williams v. United States · 205 A.3d 837

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