Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth

Decided October 12, 1970. Albertis S. Harrison wrote the opinion for the court.

211 Va. 269 · Cited 256 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.

• Day v. Commonwealth · 196 Va. 907
• Williams v. Commonwealth · 203 Va. 837
• Barber v. Commonwealth · 182 Va. 858
• Poole v. Commonwealth · 176 S.E.2d 917

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• Burley v. Commonwealth · 510 S.E.2d 265
• Rodriguez v. Commonwealth · 454 S.E.2d 725
• Brian Heath Doss v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 59 Va. App. 435
• Donahue v. Commonwealth · 300 S.E.2d 768
• Blaylock v. Commonwealth · 496 S.E.2d 97
• Dunbar v. Commonwealth · 512 S.E.2d 823
• Commonwealth v. Smith · 557 S.E.2d 223
• Scott v. Commonwealth · 632 S.E.2d 12
• Powell v. Commonwealth · 590 S.E.2d 537
• Pavlick v. Commonwealth · 497 S.E.2d 920
• Young v. Commonwealth · 625 S.E.2d 691
• McGowan v. Commonwealth · 630 S.E.2d 758
• Spencer v. Commonwealth · 393 S.E.2d 609
• Scott v. Commonwealth · 323 S.E.2d 572
• Brown v. Commonwealth · 559 S.E.2d 415
• Shavis Donta Holloman v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 65 Va. App. 147
• Foster v. Commonwealth · 369 S.E.2d 688
• Mughrabi v. Commonwealth · 567 S.E.2d 542
• Cecelia Leigh Burnette v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 60 Va. App. 462
• Brown v. Commonwealth · 307 S.E.2d 239
• McGowan v. Com. · 652 S.E.2d 103

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