State Court of Appeals / Va. Ct. App.

Michels v. Commonwealth

Decided January 17, 2006. Johanna L. Fitzpatrick wrote the opinion for the court.

624 S.E.2d 675 · Cited 124 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.

Commonwealth v. Verde · 444 Mass. 279
People v. Arreola · 875 P.2d 736
Napier v. State · 827 N.E.2d 565
People v. Shreck · 107 P.3d 1048
State v. Dedman · 102 P.3d 628
People v. Johnson · 18 Cal. Rptr. 3d 230
Riner v. Com. · 601 S.E.2d 555
Breeden v. Commonwealth · 596 S.E.2d 563
State v. Carter · 2005 MT 87
Conkling v. Commonwealth · 612 S.E.2d 235
Hodges v. Commonwealth · 613 S.E.2d 834
Parker v. Commonwealth · 587 S.E.2d 749
Wilson v. Commonwealth · 617 S.E.2d 431
Moreno Denoso v. State · 156 S.W.3d 166
State v. N.M.K. · 129 Wash. App. 155

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State v. O'MALEY · 932 A.2d 1
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Burton v. Commonwealth · 708 S.E.2d 444
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Bohsancurt v. Eisenberg · 129 P.3d 471
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Brooks v. Commonwealth · 638 S.E.2d 131
Pflieger v. State · 952 So. 2d 1251
Crawford v. Commonwealth · 670 S.E.2d 15
Swanson v. Commonwealth · 692 S.E.2d 256
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