Commonwealth v. Williams

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• “[W]e regularly reject invitations to ‘read into [a] statute language that is not there,’ because of the long-established rule that ‘[c]ourts cannot add language to [a] statute the General Assembly has not seen fit to include.’” (second, third, and fourth alterations in original

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Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Townes v. Virginia State Board of Elections
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2020-06-18
• Commonwealth v. Holland
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2025-01-16

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Conyers v. MARTIAL ARTS WORLD OF RICHMOND
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2007-01-12· cited 300×
• Zinone v. LEE'S CROSSING HOMEOWNERS ASS'N
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2011-09-16· cited 88×
• Jackson v. Fidelity and Deposit Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2005-03-03· cited 74×
• Cook v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-06-10· cited 63×
• Holsapple v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-10-31· cited 63×
• Beck v. Shelton
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-03-05· cited 51×
• Hampton Roads Sanitation District Commission v. City of Chesapeake
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-01-13· cited 34×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-11-21· cited 31×
• Johnson v. Woodard
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2011-03-04· cited 22×
• Williams v. Augusta County School Board
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-06-10· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Malbon
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-11-30· cited 7×