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1. Logan v. Fairfax County Department of Human DevelopmentCopy cite
   Logan v. Fairfax Cnty. Dep't of Human Dev., 409 S.E.2d 460 (Va. Ct. App. 1991)cited by 955
2. Martin v. CommonwealthCopy cite
   Martin v. Commonwealth, 358 S.E.2d 415 (Va. Ct. App. 1987)cited by 908
3. McGee v. CommonwealthCopy cite
   McGee v. Commonwealth, 487 S.E.2d 259 (Va. Ct. App. 1997)cited by 858
4. R. G. Moore Building Corp. v. MullinsCopy cite
   R. G. Moore Bldg. Corp. v. Mullins, 390 S.E.2d 788 (Va. Ct. App. 1990)cited by 831
5. Ohree v. CommonwealthCopy cite
   Ohree v. Commonwealth, 494 S.E.2d 484 (Va. Ct. App. 1998)cited by 715
6. Kelly v. CommonwealthCopy cite
   Kelly v. Commonwealth, 584 S.E.2d 444 (Va. Ct. App. 2003)cited by 700
7. Andy Chavez v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCopy cite
   Chavez v. Commonwealth, 817 S.E.2d 330 (Va. Ct. App. 2018)cited by 687
8. Archer v. CommonwealthCopy cite
   Archer v. Commonwealth, 492 S.E.2d 826 (Va. Ct. App. 1997)cited by 667
9. Farley v. FarleyCopy cite
   Farley v. Farley, 387 S.E.2d 794 (Va. Ct. App. 1990)cited by 629
10. Edwards v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Edwards v. Commonwealth, 589 S.E.2d 444 (Va. Ct. App. 2003)cited by 620
11. Redman v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Redman v. Commonwealth, 487 S.E.2d 269 (Va. Ct. App. 1997)cited by 572
12. Martin v. Pittsylvania County Department of Social ServicesCopy cite
    Martin v. Pittsylvania Cnty. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 348 S.E.2d 13 (Va. Ct. App. 1986)cited by 535
13. Wagner Enterprises, Inc. v. BrooksCopy cite
    Wagner Enters. v. Brooks, 407 S.E.2d 32 (Va. Ct. App. 1991)cited by 506
14. Sandoval v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Sandoval v. Commonwealth, 455 S.E.2d 730 (Va. Ct. App. 1995)cited by 485
15. Marable v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Marable v. Commonwealth, 500 S.E.2d 233 (Va. Ct. App. 1998)cited by 455
16. Commonwealth v. GrimsteadCopy cite
    Commonwealth v. Grimstead, 407 S.E.2d 47 (Va. Ct. App. 1991)cited by 401
17. James v. Capitol Steel Construction Co.Copy cite
    James v. Capitol Steel Constr. Co., 382 S.E.2d 487 (Va. Ct. App. 1989)cited by 386
18. Thomas v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Thomas v. Commonwealth, 607 S.E.2d 738 (Va. Ct. App. 2005)cited by 361
19. Alfred Banks, Jr. v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCopy cite
    Banks v. Commonwealth, 795 S.E.2d 908 (Va. Ct. App. 2017)cited by 354
20. Blain v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Blain v. Commonwealth, 371 S.E.2d 838 (Va. Ct. App. 1988)cited by 346
21. Haskins v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Haskins v. Commonwealth, 602 S.E.2d 402 (Va. Ct. App. 2004)cited by 342
22. Lavinder v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Lavinder v. Commonwealth, 407 S.E.2d 910 (Va. Ct. App. 1991)cited by 312
23. Long v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Long v. Commonwealth, 379 S.E.2d 473 (Va. Ct. App. 1989)cited by 308
24. Crowder v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Crowder v. Commonwealth, 588 S.E.2d 384 (Va. Ct. App. 2003)cited by 307
25. Watkins v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Watkins v. Commonwealth, 494 S.E.2d 859 (Va. Ct. App. 1998)cited by 305
26. Turner v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Turner v. Commonwealth, 341 S.E.2d 400 (Va. Ct. App. 1986)cited by 290
27. Clanton v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Clanton v. Commonwealth, 673 S.E.2d 904 (Va. Ct. App. 2009)cited by 289
28. Wactor v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Wactor v. Commonwealth, 564 S.E.2d 160 (Va. Ct. App. 2002)cited by 282
29. Rollston v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Rollston v. Commonwealth, 399 S.E.2d 823 (Va. Ct. App. 1991)cited by 273
30. Brown v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Brown v. Commonwealth, 380 S.E.2d 8 (Va. Ct. App. 1989)cited by 267
31. Ferguson v. Stafford County Department of Social ServicesCopy cite
    Ferguson v. Stafford Cnty. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 417 S.E.2d 1 (Va. Ct. App. 1992)cited by 267
32. Johnston-Willis, Ltd. v. KenleyCopy cite
    Johnston-Willis, Ltd. v. Kenley, 369 S.E.2d 1 (Va. Ct. App. 1988)cited by 263
33. Donald Matthew Kelley v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCopy cite
    Kelley v. Commonwealth, 822 S.E.2d 375 (Va. Ct. App. 2019)cited by 262
34. Davis v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Davis v. Commonwealth, 570 S.E.2d 875 (Va. Ct. App. 2002)cited by 258
35. Hamilton v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Hamilton v. Commonwealth, 433 S.E.2d 27 (Va. Ct. App. 1993)cited by 257
36. McGinnis v. McGinnisCopy cite
    McGinnis v. McGinnis, 338 S.E.2d 159 (Va. Ct. App. 1985)cited by 254
37. Campbell v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Campbell v. Commonwealth, 405 S.E.2d 1 (Va. Ct. App. 1991)cited by 248
38. Hungerford Mechanical Corp. v. HobsonCopy cite
    Hungerford Mech. Corp. v. Hobson, 401 S.E.2d 213 (Va. Ct. App. 1991)cited by 244
39. Keselica v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Keselica v. Commonwealth, 537 S.E.2d 611 (Va. Ct. App. 2000)cited by 234
40. Jenkins v. Winchester Department of Social ServicesCopy cite
    Jenkins v. Winchester Dep't of Soc. Servs., 409 S.E.2d 16 (Va. Ct. App. 1991)cited by 233
41. Davis v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Davis v. Commonwealth, 402 S.E.2d 684 (Va. Ct. App. 1991)cited by 232
42. Flanagan v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Flanagan v. Commonwealth, 714 S.E.2d 212 (Va. Ct. App. 2011)cited by 226
43. Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc. v. ReevesCopy cite
    Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc. v. Reeves, 339 S.E.2d 570 (Va. Ct. App. 1986)cited by 226
44. Lea v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Lea v. Commonwealth, 429 S.E.2d 477 (Va. Ct. App. 1993)cited by 224
45. Dickerson v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Dickerson v. Commonwealth, 709 S.E.2d 717 (Va. Ct. App. 2011)cited by 224
46. Mounce v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Mounce v. Commonwealth, 357 S.E.2d 742 (Va. Ct. App. 1987)cited by 223
47. Darnell v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Darnell v. Commonwealth, 370 S.E.2d 717 (Va. Ct. App. 1988)cited by 221
48. Jason N. Creamer v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCopy cite
    Creamer v. Commonwealth, 767 S.E.2d 226 (Va. Ct. App. 2015)cited by 220
49. Bridgeman v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Bridgeman v. Commonwealth, 351 S.E.2d 598 (Va. Ct. App. 1986)cited by 219
50. Andrew McQuay Jacobs v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCopy cite
    Andrew McQuay Jacobs v. Commonwealth, 738 S.E.2d 519 (Va. Ct. App. 2013)cited by 211
51. Towler v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Towler v. Commonwealth, 718 S.E.2d 463 (Va. Ct. App. 2011)cited by 207
52. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. PierceCopy cite
    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Pierce, 363 S.E.2d 433 (Va. Ct. App. 1987)cited by 202
53. Smith v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Smith v. Commonwealth, 432 S.E.2d 2 (Va. Ct. App. 1993)cited by 199
54. Sutphin v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Sutphin v. Commonwealth, 337 S.E.2d 897 (Va. Ct. App. 1985)cited by 197
55. Parks v. ParksCopy cite
    Parks v. Parks, 666 S.E.2d 547 (Va. Ct. App. 2008)cited by 196
56. Pugliese v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Pugliese v. Commonwealth, 428 S.E.2d 16 (Va. Ct. App. 1993)cited by 195
57. Branch v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Branch v. Commonwealth, 419 S.E.2d 422 (Va. Ct. App. 1992)cited by 193
58. Timothy Kenneth Bartley v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCopy cite
    Bartley v. Commonwealth, 800 S.E.2d 199 (Va. Ct. App. 2017)cited by 191
59. Joaquin Shadow Rams, Sr. v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCopy cite
    Rams, Sr. v. Commonwealth, 823 S.E.2d 510 (Va. Ct. App. 2019)cited by 189
60. Woolley v. WoolleyCopy cite
    Woolley v. Woolley, 349 S.E.2d 422 (Va. Ct. App. 1986)cited by 186
61. Traverso v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Traverso v. Commonwealth, 366 S.E.2d 719 (Va. Ct. App. 1988)cited by 182
62. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. BatemanCopy cite
    Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co. v. Bateman, 359 S.E.2d 98 (Va. Ct. App. 1987)cited by 181
63. Dung Thi Thach and Carlos Mendoza v. Arlington County Department of Human ServicesCopy cite
    Dung Thi Thach & Carlos Mendoza v. Arlington Cnty. Dep't of Human Servs., 754 S.E.2d 922 (Va. Ct. App. 2014)cited by 180
64. Josephs v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Josephs v. Commonwealth, 390 S.E.2d 491 (Va. Ct. App. 1990)cited by 177
65. Morris v. Badger Powhatan/Figgie International, Inc.Copy cite
    Morris v. Badger Powhatan/Figgie Int'l, Inc., 348 S.E.2d 876 (Va. Ct. App. 1986)cited by 177
66. Fitzgerald v. BassCopy cite
    Fitzgerald v. Bass, 366 S.E.2d 615 (Va. Ct. App. 1988)cited by 177
67. Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. MusickCopy cite
    Ingersoll-Rand Co. v. Musick, 376 S.E.2d 814 (Va. Ct. App. 1989)cited by 177
68. Rusty's Welding Service, Inc. v. GibsonCopy cite
    Rusty's Welding Serv., Inc. v. Gibson, 510 S.E.2d 255 (Va. Ct. App. 1999)cited by 176
69. Christopher Farrell v. Warren County Department of Social ServicesCopy cite
    Farrell v. Warren Cnty. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 719 S.E.2d 329 (Va. Ct. App. 2012)cited by 174
70. Penley v. Island Creek Coal Co.Copy cite
    Penley v. Island Creek Coal Co., 381 S.E.2d 231 (Va. Ct. App. 1989)cited by 172
71. Burchette v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Burchette v. Commonwealth, 425 S.E.2d 81 (Va. Ct. App. 1992)cited by 171
72. Scott v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Scott v. Commonwealth, 707 S.E.2d 17 (Va. Ct. App. 2011)cited by 171
73. Cantrell v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Cantrell v. Commonwealth, 373 S.E.2d 328 (Va. Ct. App. 1988)cited by 170
74. Cooper v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Cooper v. Commonwealth, 680 S.E.2d 361 (Va. Ct. App. 2009)cited by 169
75. Helen & Robert W. v. Fairfax County Department of Human DevelopmentCopy cite
    Helen & Robert W. v. Fairfax Cnty. Dep't of Human Dev., 407 S.E.2d 25 (Va. Ct. App. 1991)cited by 169
76. Brittle v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Brittle v. Commonwealth, 680 S.E.2d 335 (Va. Ct. App. 2009)cited by 165
77. Manneh Vay v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCopy cite
    Vay v. Commonwealth, 795 S.E.2d 495 (Va. Ct. App. 2017)cited by 163
78. Jones v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Jones v. Commonwealth, 660 S.E.2d 343 (Va. Ct. App. 2008)cited by 162
79. Logan v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Logan v. Commonwealth, 622 S.E.2d 771 (Va. Ct. App. 2005)cited by 155
80. Price v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Price v. Commonwealth, 658 S.E.2d 700 (Va. Ct. App. 2008)cited by 155
81. Martin v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Martin v. Commonwealth, 414 S.E.2d 401 (Va. Ct. App. 1992)cited by 153
82. Bazemore v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Bazemore v. Commonwealth, 590 S.E.2d 602 (Va. Ct. App. 2004)cited by 153
83. Marlowe v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Marlowe v. Commonwealth, 347 S.E.2d 167 (Va. Ct. App. 1986)cited by 151
84. Robertson v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Robertson v. Commonwealth, 406 S.E.2d 417 (Va. Ct. App. 1991)cited by 150
85. Barkey v. COM., ALEXANDRIA DEPT. HUM. SERV.Copy cite
    Barkey v. COM., Alexandria Dept. HUM. Serv., 347 S.E.2d 188 (Va. Ct. App. 1986)cited by 148
86. Thomas v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Thomas v. Commonwealth, 633 S.E.2d 229 (Va. Ct. App. 2006)cited by 147
87. Bright v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Bright v. Commonwealth, 356 S.E.2d 443 (Va. Ct. App. 1987)cited by 146
88. Clinchfield Coal Co. v. ReedCopy cite
    Clinchfield Coal Co. v. Reed, 577 S.E.2d 538 (Va. Ct. App. 2003)cited by 145
89. Juares v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Juares v. Commonwealth, 493 S.E.2d 677 (Va. Ct. App. 1997)cited by 145
90. Phillip C. BAY v. COMMONWEALTH of VirginiaCopy cite
    Bay v. COMMONWEALTH of Va., 729 S.E.2d 768 (Va. Ct. App. 2012)cited by 145
91. Evans-Smith v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Evans-Smith v. Commonwealth, 361 S.E.2d 436 (Va. Ct. App. 1987)cited by 142
92. Ervin v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Ervin v. Commonwealth, 704 S.E.2d 135 (Va. Ct. App. 2011)cited by 142
93. Canipe v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Canipe v. Commonwealth, 491 S.E.2d 747 (Va. Ct. App. 1997)cited by 141
94. Logan v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Logan v. Commonwealth, 452 S.E.2d 364 (Va. Ct. App. 1994)cited by 140
95. DePriest v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    DePriest v. Commonwealth, 359 S.E.2d 540 (Va. Ct. App. 1987)cited by 139
96. Slayton v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Slayton v. Commonwealth, 582 S.E.2d 448 (Va. Ct. App. 2003)cited by 137
97. Jacques v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Jacques v. Commonwealth, 405 S.E.2d 630 (Va. Ct. App. 1991)cited by 135
98. Neal v. CommonwealthCopy cite
    Neal v. Commonwealth, 425 S.E.2d 521 (Va. Ct. App. 1992)cited by 134
99. Venable v. VenableCopy cite
    Venable v. Venable, 342 S.E.2d 646 (Va. Ct. App. 1986)cited by 133
100. Crisp v. Brown's Tysons Corner Dodge, Inc.Copy cite
     Crisp v. Brown's Tysons Corner Dodge, Inc., 339 S.E.2d 916 (Va. Ct. App. 1986)cited by 129

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