State Court of Appeals / Va. Ct. App.

Williams v. Commonwealth

Decided December 14, 2010. Robert P. Frank wrote the opinion for the court.

702 S.E.2d 260 · Cited 122 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.

Hodge v. Commonwealth · 217 Va. 338
Tart v. Commonwealth · 663 S.E.2d 113
People v. Pegenau · 523 N.W.2d 325
Harrison v. Day · 107 S.E.2d 594
People v. Henderson · 218 N.W.2d 2
Jones v. Conwell · 314 S.E.2d 61
Edwards v. Commonwealth · 589 S.E.2d 444
Turner v. Commonwealth · 309 S.E.2d 337
Armstrong v. Commonwealth · 562 S.E.2d 139
McGhee v. Commonwealth · 248 S.E.2d 808
Shivaee v. Com. · 613 S.E.2d 570
Ansell v. Commonwealth · 250 S.E.2d 760
Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Board of County Supervisors · 309 S.E.2d 308
Eaton v. Davis · 176 Va. 330
Boyd v. County of Henrico · 592 S.E.2d 768
Hess v. Snyder Hunt Corp. · 392 S.E.2d 817
Virginia Society for Human Life, Inc. v. Caldwell · 256 Va. 151
Stevenson v. City of Falls Church · 416 S.E.2d 435
Stillwell v. Commonwealth · 219 Va. 214
Miller v. Commonwealth · 180 Va. 36
Wilby v. Gostel · 578 S.E.2d 796
Peery v. Virginia Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers · 203 Va. 161
Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A. v. Quillian · 571 S.E.2d 122
Welch v. Commonwealth · 628 S.E.2d 340
Simopoulos v. Commonwealth · 277 S.E.2d 194

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Lamarr Ramon Masean Smith v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 66 Va. App. 382
Benjamine Leonard Foley, II v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 63 Va. App. 186
Flanagan v. Commonwealth · 714 S.E.2d 212
Van Andre Beasley v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 60 Va. App. 381

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