State Court of Appeals / Va. Ct. App.

Watkins v. Commonwealth

Decided January 20, 1998. Rosemarie Annunziata wrote the opinion for the court.

494 S.E.2d 859 · Cited 319 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.

Church v. Commonwealth · 335 S.E.2d 823
Buck v. Commonwealth · 443 S.E.2d 414
Sargent v. Commonwealth · 360 S.E.2d 895
Johnson v. Zerbst · 304 U.S. 458
Godfrey v. Commonwealth · 317 S.E.2d 781
Washington v. Commonwealth · 216 Va. 185
Traverso v. Commonwealth · 366 S.E.2d 719
Schneider v. Commonwealth · 337 S.E.2d 735
Speight v. Commonwealth · 354 S.E.2d 95
Kinard v. Commonwealth · 431 S.E.2d 84
Old Dominion Iron & Steel Corp. v. Virginia Electric & Power Co. · 215 Va. 658
Town of Narrows v. Clear-View Cable TV. Inc. · 315 S.E.2d 835
Price v. Commonwealth · 485 S.E.2d 655
Superintendent of Powhatan Correctional Center v. Barnes · 273 S.E.2d 558
Harris v. Commonwealth · 455 S.E.2d 759

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Washington v. Com. · 597 S.E.2d 256
Hills v. Commonwealth · 534 S.E.2d 337
Kelly v. Commonwealth · 584 S.E.2d 444
Wactor v. Commonwealth · 564 S.E.2d 160
Clanton v. Commonwealth · 673 S.E.2d 904
Emerson v. Commonwealth · 597 S.E.2d 242
Johnson v. Commonwealth · 529 S.E.2d 769
Haskins v. Commonwealth · 521 S.E.2d 777
Arrington v. Commonwealth · 674 S.E.2d 554
Breeden v. Commonwealth · 596 S.E.2d 563
Banks v. Commonwealth · 586 S.E.2d 876
Brown v. City of Danville · 606 S.E.2d 523
Conrad v. Commonwealth · 521 S.E.2d 321
Caison v. Commonwealth · 663 S.E.2d 553
Stevens v. Commonwealth · 567 S.E.2d 537
Reynolds v. Commonwealth · 515 S.E.2d 808
Scott v. Commonwealth · 684 S.E.2d 833
Lewis v. Commonwealth · 596 S.E.2d 542
Cottee v. Commonwealth · 525 S.E.2d 25
Williams v. Commonwealth · 662 S.E.2d 627
Maye v. Commonwealth · 605 S.E.2d 353

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