Speight v. Commonwealth

Decided March 17, 1987. Barbara Milano Keenan wrote the opinion for the court.

354 S.E.2d 95 · Cited 101 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.

• Higginbotham v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 349
• Carter v. Commonwealth · 223 Va. 528
• Cameron v. Commonwealth · 211 Va. 108
• Holland v. Commonwealth · 190 Va. 32
• Bishop v. Commonwealth · 313 S.E.2d 390
• Stover v. Commonwealth · 283 S.E.2d 194
• Hyde v. Commonwealth · 217 Va. 950
• Smith v. Commonwealth · 185 Va. 800
• Simmons v. Commonwealth · 208 Va. 778
• Lane v. Commonwealth · 184 Va. 603
• Williams v. Commonwealth · 193 Va. 764
• Hamilton v. Commonwealth · 177 Va. 896

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• Nicholson v. Commonwealth · 694 S.E.2d 788
• Watkins v. Commonwealth · 494 S.E.2d 859
• Dowden v. Commonwealth · 536 S.E.2d 437
• Woolfolk v. Commonwealth · 447 S.E.2d 530
• Hughes v. Commonwealth · 446 S.E.2d 451
• Conrad v. Commonwealth · 521 S.E.2d 321
• Perkins v. Commonwealth · 523 S.E.2d 512
• Phan v. Commonwealth · 521 S.E.2d 282
• Price v. Commonwealth · 446 S.E.2d 642
• Mughrabi v. Commonwealth · 567 S.E.2d 542
• Turner v. Commonwealth · 694 S.E.2d 251
• Taylor v. Commonwealth · 536 S.E.2d 922
• Sawyer v. Commonwealth · 596 S.E.2d 81
• Rose v. Commonwealth · 561 S.E.2d 46
• Cooper v. Commonwealth · 30 Va. App. 26
• Conrad v. Commonwealth · 514 S.E.2d 364
• Manuel Walston v. County of Arlington · 37 Va. App. 457

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