Powell v. Commonwealth

Decided January 16, 2004. Lawrence L. Koontz wrote the opinion for the court.

590 S.E.2d 537 · Cited 128 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.

• Powell v. Commonwealth · 552 S.E.2d 344
• Barker v. Commonwealth · 337 S.E.2d 729
• Bailey v. Commonwealth · 529 S.E.2d 570
• Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth · 211 Va. 269
• Livingston v. Commonwealth · 184 Va. 830
• Satcher v. Commonwealth · 421 S.E.2d 821
• Burns v. Commonwealth · 261 Va. 307
• Cantrell v. Commonwealth · 329 S.E.2d 22
• Lux v. Commonwealth · 484 S.E.2d 145
• Jackson v. Commonwealth · 590 S.E.2d 520
• Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1
• Coleman v. Commonwealth · 307 S.E.2d 864
• Spencer v. Commonwealth · 393 S.E.2d 609
• LeVasseur v. Commonwealth · 304 S.E.2d 644
• Smith v. Commonwealth · 219 Va. 455
• Eaton v. Commonwealth · 397 S.E.2d 385
• Fisher v. Commonwealth · 374 S.E.2d 46
• Clark v. Commonwealth · 220 Va. 201
• Quintana v. Commonwealth · 295 S.E.2d 643
• Lenz v. Commonwealth · 544 S.E.2d 299
• Clozza v. Commonwealth · 321 S.E.2d 273
• Bell v. Commonwealth · 563 S.E.2d 695
• Saunders v. Commonwealth · 211 Va. 399
• Williams v. Commonwealth · 360 S.E.2d 361
• Pruett v. Commonwealth · 351 S.E.2d 1

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• Muhammad v. Com. · 611 S.E.2d 537
• Powell v. Kelly · 531 F. Supp. 2d 695
• Juniper v. Com. · 626 S.E.2d 383
• Rowe v. Com. · 675 S.E.2d 161
• Winston v. Com. · 604 S.E.2d 21
• In Re Com. · 677 S.E.2d 236
• County of Albemarle v. Keswick Club, LP · 699 S.E.2d 491
• Pryor v. Commonwealth · 646 S.E.2d 21
• Thomas v. Commonwealth · 607 S.E.2d 738
• Porter v. Com. · 661 S.E.2d 415
• State v. Robinson · 303 Kan. 11
• Alford v. Commonwealth · 696 S.E.2d 266
• Jackson v. Commonwealth · 590 S.E.2d 520
• Rose v. Com. · 613 S.E.2d 454
• Matthews v. Matthews · 675 S.E.2d 157
• Caison v. Commonwealth · 663 S.E.2d 553
• Elliott v. Commonwealth · 593 S.E.2d 270
• Mayfield v. Commonwealth · 722 S.E.2d 689
• Prieto v. Com. · 682 S.E.2d 910
• Scott v. Com. · 651 S.E.2d 630
• West v. West · 717 S.E.2d 831
• People v. Perez · 238 P.3d 665
• Raymond Louis Harvey, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 67 Va. App. 336
• Powell v. WARDEN OF THE SUSSEX I · 634 S.E.2d 289
• Dodge v. Randolph-Macon Woman's College · 661 S.E.2d 805

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