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· 6/8/1979

Dowdy v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 255 S.E.2d 506
  • 220 Va. 114
  • 1979 Va. LEXIS 242

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that Code § 18.2-279 does not require proof “that human life was, in fact, endangered”
  • proof that deadly weapon has been maliciously discharged at an occupied building “relieves the Commonwealth of the burden of proving that human life was, in fact, endangered”
  • Code § 18.2-279 does not require proof that “human life was, in fact, endangered.”

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