40 Va. App. 89 - Alger v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
May 2010
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Armstrong v. Commonwealth · 20 Va. App. 484 - Mayhew v. Commonwealth · Miller v. Commonwealth · Cummings v. Fulghum · 30 Va. App. 153 - Reynolds v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“the `mischief' at which [Code] § 18.2-308.2(A) is directed is the possession of firearms by convicted felons in an attempt to prevent indiscriminate use of dangerous weapons by one previously convicted of a serious crime”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“It shall be unlawful for (i) any person who has been convicted of a felony ... to knowingly and intentionally possess or transport any (a) firearm or (b) stun weapon or taser as defined in § 18.2-308.1 except in such person’s residence or the curtilage thereof or to knowingly and intentionally carry about his person, hidden from common observation, any weapon described in subsection A of § 18.2-308.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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