14 Va. App. 148 - Flaherty v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Richard L. Deal & Associates, Inc. v. Commonwealth · 8 Va. App. 291 - Davis v. Commonwealth · 5 Va. App. 514 - Williams v. Commonwealth · 12 Va. App. 587 - Hoye v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“Therefore, the... statute must be strictly construed against the Commonwealth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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