State Court of Appeals / Va. Ct. App.

Tatum v. Commonwealth

Decided January 25, 1994. Johanna L. Fitzpatrick wrote the opinion for the court.

440 S.E.2d 133 · Cited 73 times

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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.

Penny v. Commonwealth · 370 S.E.2d 314
Stevenson v. Commonwealth · 237 S.E.2d 779
Parr v. Commonwealth · 198 Va. 721
Adams v. Commonwealth · 201 Va. 321

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Bynum v. Commonwealth · 704 S.E.2d 131
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People v. Caffey · 792 N.E.2d 1163
Culbreath v. State · 667 So. 2d 156
Luginbyhl v. Commonwealth · 618 S.E.2d 347
Hughes v. Commonwealth · 573 S.E.2d 324
Miles v. State · 777 N.E.2d 767
Reinke v. Commonwealth · 657 S.E.2d 805
Bowe v. State · 785 So. 2d 531
State v. Carr-Poindexter, Unpublished Decision (4-1-2005) · 2005 Ohio 1571
Fitzhugh v. Commonwealth · 20 Va. App. 275
Jerome Antonio Woodfork v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 31 Va. App. 154
Andre Holmon v. District of Columbia · 202 A.3d 512

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