State Supreme Court / Va.

Ritter v. Commonwealth

Decided April 27, 1970. Albertis S. Harrison wrote the opinion for the court.

210 Va. 732 · Cited 142 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.

State v. Coolidge · 106 N.H. 186
Rodgers v. Commonwealth · 197 Va. 527
Tomlinson v. State · 176 So. 543
Jordan v. Commonwealth · 207 Va. 591
The PEOPLE v. Pigrenet · 186 N.E.2d 306
State v. Hagan · 274 P. 628
People v. Galle · 153 Cal. App. 2d 88
Duffield v. Peyton · 209 Va. 178
Baldwin v. Commonwealth · 203 Va. 570
Sullivan v. Commonwealth · 169 S.E.2d 580

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Hunley v. Commonwealth · 518 S.E.2d 347
Robbs v. Commonwealth · 211 Va. 153
Bentley v. Cox · 508 F. Supp. 870
Sierra v. Commonwealth · 722 S.E.2d 656
Josephs v. Commonwealth · 390 S.E.2d 491
Rawls v. Com. · 634 S.E.2d 697
Gillis v. Commonwealth · 215 Va. 298
Clodfelter v. Commonwealth · 238 S.E.2d 820
Wright v. Com. · 685 S.E.2d 655
State v. Reams · 178 S.E.2d 65
Eckhart v. Commonwealth · 281 S.E.2d 853
Peterson v. Commonwealth · 363 S.E.2d 440
Bramblett v. Commonwealth · 513 S.E.2d 400
Johnson v. Commonwealth · 211 Va. 815
Hunter v. Commonwealth · 690 S.E.2d 792
Coward v. Commonwealth · 633 S.E.2d 752
Patty v. Commonwealth · 218 Va. 150
May v. Commonwealth · 3 Va. App. 348
Fox v. Commonwealth · 213 Va. 97
Craft v. Commonwealth · 269 S.E.2d 797
Burke v. Commonwealth · 515 S.E.2d 777
Perry v. Commonwealth · 684 S.E.2d 227

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