State Court of Appeals / Va. Ct. App.

Rollston v. Commonwealth

Decided January 2, 1991. Marvin Frederick Cole wrote the opinion for the court.

399 S.E.2d 823 · Cited 287 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.

Carter v. Commonwealth · 348 S.E.2d 265
Spradlin v. Commonwealth · 195 Va. 523
Triplett v. Commonwealth · 141 Va. 577
Augustine v. Commonwealth · 306 S.E.2d 886
Hall v. Commonwealth · 303 S.E.2d 903
Hurd v. Commonwealth · 159 Va. 880
Frye v. Commonwealth · 345 S.E.2d 267
Traverso v. Commonwealth · 366 S.E.2d 719
Sutton v. Commonwealth · 324 S.E.2d 665
Carter v. Commonwealth · 223 Va. 528
Toler v. Commonwealth · 188 Va. 774
Durham v. Commonwealth · 198 S.E.2d 603
McGhee v. Commonwealth · 270 S.E.2d 729
Boggs v. Commonwealth · 153 Va. 828
Underwood v. Commonwealth · 243 S.E.2d 231
Upshur v. Commonwealth · 170 Va. 649
Westry v. Commonwealth · 206 Va. 508
Blevins v. Commonwealth · 209 Va. 622
Whited v. Commonwealth · 174 Va. 528
Wilson v. United States · 162 U.S. 613

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Patrick v. Commonwealth · 653 S.E.2d 288
Allard v. Commonwealth · 480 S.E.2d 139
Bazemore v. Commonwealth · 590 S.E.2d 602
Ervin v. Commonwealth · 704 S.E.2d 135
Smith v. Commonwealth · 697 S.E.2d 14
Wood v. Commonwealth · 701 S.E.2d 810
Miller v. Cox · 607 S.E.2d 126
Bruce Edison Parham v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 64 Va. App. 560
Taylor v. Commonwealth · 61 Va. App. 13
Brooks v. Commonwealth · 424 S.E.2d 566
Emmett v. Commonwealth · 264 Va. 364
Davis v. Commonwealth · 703 S.E.2d 259
Montague v. Commonwealth · 579 S.E.2d 667
Clay v. Commonwealth · 531 S.E.2d 623
English v. Commonwealth · 598 S.E.2d 322
Dugger v. Commonwealth · 580 S.E.2d 477
Walshaw v. Commonwealth · 603 S.E.2d 633
Clark v. Commonwealth · 676 S.E.2d 332
Dunn v. Commonwealth · 665 S.E.2d 868

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