59 Va. App. 71 - Epps v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
February 2016
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sorrells v. United States · Ex parte United States · Boynton v. Kilgore · Peyton v. King · Grant v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“[Djuring the interval between the conclusion of the evidence and the entry of a written order adjudicating the defendant guilty, the circuit court ha[s] the inherent power, in the exercise of its discretion, to take the matter under advisement and to continue the case for future disposition, subject to such lawful conditions as the court might prescribe.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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