State Supreme Court / Va.

King v. Commonwealth

Decided January 14, 1977. Richard Harding Poff wrote the opinion for the court.

217 Va. 601 · Cited 88 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.

Bell v. Commonwealth · 170 Va. 597
Interstate Veneer Co. v. Edwards · 191 Va. 107
Meade, Adm'r v. Meade, Adm'r · 206 Va. 823
Lewis v. Commonwealth · 211 Va. 684
Slate v. Saul · 185 Va. 700
Grinstead v. Mayhew · 167 Va. 19
Smith v. Commonwealth · 213 Va. 781
State v. . Cope · 167 S.E. 456
Zirkle v. Commonwealth · 189 Va. 862
Evans v. Commonwealth · 215 Va. 609
Laubach v. Colley · 129 A. 88
Richardson v. Commonwealth · 63 S.E.2d 731
Albert v. Commonwealth · 181 Va. 894
Davis v. Webb · 189 Va. 80
Fadely v. Commonwealth · 208 Va. 198

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Essex v. Commonwealth · 322 S.E.2d 216
Conrad v. Commonwealth · 514 S.E.2d 364
Brown v. Com. · 685 S.E.2d 43
Tubman v. Commonwealth · 3 Va. App. 267
State v. Green · 647 S.E.2d 736
Gibbs v. State · 677 N.E.2d 1106
Hubbard v. Commonwealth · 413 S.E.2d 875
Greenway v. Commonwealth · 487 S.E.2d 224
Mayo v. Commonwealth · 238 S.E.2d 831
Forbes v. Commonwealth · 498 S.E.2d 457
Burrell v. Commonwealth · 710 S.E.2d 509
State v. Vollmer · 259 S.E.2d 837
Hargrove v. Commonwealth · 394 S.E.2d 729
Kin Yiu Cheung v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 63 Va. App. 1
Booth v. Robertson · 374 S.E.2d 1
Jenkins v. Commonwealth · 255 S.E.2d 504
Cable v. Commonwealth · 415 S.E.2d 218
Davis v. Commonwealth · 335 S.E.2d 375
Simon v. Commonwealth · 258 S.E.2d 567
Riley v. Com. · 675 S.E.2d 168
Hickson v. Commonwealth · 520 S.E.2d 643
Noakes v. Com. · 699 S.E.2d 284
Gooden v. Commonwealth · 311 S.E.2d 780

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