19 Va. App. 698 - Patterson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 8 Va. App. 400 - Kauffmann v. Commonwealth · 2 Va. App. 392 - Carter v. Commonwealth · Ashby v. Commonwealth · 2 Va. App. 708 - King v. Commonwealth · 11 Va. App. 649 - Taylor v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“An accused may be acquitted of a greater offense but convicted of a lesser offense, if the lesser offense is “substantially charged” in the indictment. Ashby v. Commonwealth, 208 Va. 443, 444-45 , 158 S.E.2d 657, 658 (1968). “A lesser included offense is an offense which is composed entirely of elements that are also elements of the greater offense.” Kauffmann v. Commonwealth, 8 Va.App. 400, 409, 382 S.E.2d 279, 283 (1989).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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