Walton v. Commonwealth

Decided February 27, 1998. Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

497 S.E.2d 869 · Cited 169 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.

• Walton v. Commonwealth · 485 S.E.2d 641
• Drew v. Commonwealth · 338 S.E.2d 844
• Dukes v. Commonwealth · 313 S.E.2d 382
• Duke v. County of Pulaski · 219 Va. 428
• Powers v. Commonwealth · 316 S.E.2d 739
• Etheridge v. Medical Center Hospitals · 376 S.E.2d 525
• Garland v. Commonwealth · 300 S.E.2d 783
• Lane v. Commonwealth · 223 Va. 713
• Andrews v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 179
• Saunders v. Commonwealth · 406 S.E.2d 39
• Commonwealth v. Ellett · 174 Va. 403
• Blue Cross of Virginia v. Com. · 269 S.E.2d 827
• Riddleberger v. Chesapeake Western Railway · 327 S.E.2d 663
• Bell v. Burson · 402 U.S. 535

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• Jordan v. Com. · 643 S.E.2d 166
• Commonwealth v. Taylor · 506 S.E.2d 312
• Commonwealth v. Shaffer · 559 S.E.2d 623
• Bolden v. Com. · 654 S.E.2d 584
• Wilson v. Commonwealth · 630 S.E.2d 326
• Maye v. Commonwealth · 605 S.E.2d 353
• Rawls v. Com. · 634 S.E.2d 697
• Carter v. Com. · 694 S.E.2d 590
• Williams v. Commonwealth · 594 S.E.2d 305
• Michael Brian Shaffer v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 34 Va. App. 36
• Clanton v. Commonwealth · 673 S.E.2d 904
• Nusbaum v. Berlin · 641 S.E.2d 494
• Wilson v. Commonwealth · 615 S.E.2d 500
• Haskins v. Commonwealth · 521 S.E.2d 777
• Arrington v. Commonwealth · 674 S.E.2d 554
• McMillan v. Com. · 671 S.E.2d 396
• Young v. Com. · 659 S.E.2d 308
• Wright v. Com. · 685 S.E.2d 655
• Palmer v. Atl. Coast Pipeline, LLC · 801 S.E.2d 414
• Brown v. City of Danville · 606 S.E.2d 523
• In Re Phillips · 574 S.E.2d 270
• Hargraves v. Commonwealth · 557 S.E.2d 737
• Covel v. Town of Vienna · 694 S.E.2d 609
• Tanner v. City of Virginia Beach · 674 S.E.2d 848
• Blow v. Commonwealth · 665 S.E.2d 254

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