State Supreme Court / Va.

Sutton v. Commonwealth

Decided January 18, 1985. Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

324 S.E.2d 665 · 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.

Foster v. Commonwealth · 179 Va. 96
McGhee v. Commonwealth · 270 S.E.2d 729
Tolley v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 341
People v. St. Andrew · 101 Cal. App. 3d 450
Snyder v. Commonwealth · 202 Va. 1009
Mason v. Commonwealth · 200 Va. 253
Ward v. Commonwealth · 205 Va. 564
Spradlin v. Commonwealth · 195 Va. 523
State v. Barnette · 284 S.E.2d 298
Augustine v. Commonwealth · 306 S.E.2d 886
Jones v. Commonwealth · 252 S.E.2d 370
Strawderman v. Commonwealth · 200 Va. 855
Snyder v. Commonwealth · 263 S.E.2d 55
Hall v. Commonwealth · 303 S.E.2d 903
Riddick v. Commonwealth · 308 S.E.2d 117
People v. Reyes · 153 Cal. App. 3d 803
Falden v. Commonwealth · 167 Va. 549
Dumer v. State · 219 N.W.2d 592
Adkins v. Commonwealth · 175 Va. 590
Dinkens v. State · 546 P.2d 228
Comer v. Commonwealth · 211 Va. 246
Sult v. Commonwealth · 221 Va. 915
State v. Pierce · 438 A.2d 247
State v. Thibodeau · 353 A.2d 595

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Mohajer v. Commonwealth · 579 S.E.2d 359
Mohajer v. Commonwealth · 39 Va. App. 21
Washington v. Commonwealth · 43 Va. App. 291
Washington v. Com. · 597 S.E.2d 256
Clark v. Commonwealth · 517 S.E.2d 260
Breeden v. Commonwealth · 596 S.E.2d 563
Muhammad v. Com. · 611 S.E.2d 537
Wactor v. Commonwealth · 564 S.E.2d 160
Rollston v. Commonwealth · 399 S.E.2d 823
Hoke v. Commonwealth · 377 S.E.2d 595
Naulty v. Commonwealth · 346 S.E.2d 540
Schwartz v. Commonwealth · 611 S.E.2d 631
State v. Davis · 388 S.E.2d 508
Cairns v. Commonwealth · 579 S.E.2d 340
Donald B. Farmer, s/k/a Don B. Farmer v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 61 Va. App. 402
Woodard v. Commonwealth · 499 S.E.2d 557
Com. v. Anderson · 683 S.E.2d 536
Myers v. Commonwealth · 400 S.E.2d 803
Benyo v. Commonwealth · 568 S.E.2d 371
Zektaw v. Commonwealth · 663 S.E.2d 93
Johnson v. Commonwealth · 674 S.E.2d 541

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