Sullivan v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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• holding that defendant's double jeopardy rights were not violated when the Commonwealth charged him with two counts of robbery for using force against two store employees to obtain store property under their joint control
• holding that defendant’s double jeopardy rights were not violated when the Commonwealth charged him with two counts of robbery for using force against two store employees to obtain store property under their joint control
• finding that the defendant intimidated each employee and obtained the money through the agency of that intimidation
• defendant convicted of two robberies, and related firearm offenses, from two clerks at the same video store
• defendant convicted of two robberies, and related firearm offenses, from two clerks at the same video store
• defendant convicted of two robberies, and related firearm offenses, from two clerks at the same video store

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Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Seaton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-04-13· cited 116×
• Shears v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-11-05· cited 116×
• State v. Tvedt
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-03-03· cited 108×
• Lebedun v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-07-07· cited 76×
• State v. Jones
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-03-12· cited 51×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-07-27· cited 30×
• United States v. Szentmiklosi
  Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 2001-09-28· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Simone
  Portsmouth County Circuit Court· 2003-10-10· cited 3×
• State v. Behrens
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2003-01-02· cited 2×
• United States v. Szentmiklosi
  Army Court of Criminal Appeals· 2000-01-04· cited 2×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-12-15
• Commonwealth v. Boone
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2001-04-27
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Nelson County Circuit Court· 2001-03-30
• Samuel Harris, s/k/a Samuel Harris, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-02-18

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Blockburger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Brown v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 3,552×
• United States v. Dixon
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 2,221×
• Grady v. Corbin
  Supreme Court· 1990-05-29· cited 1,620×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-11-27· cited 121×
• Kelsoe v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-10-14· cited 61×
• Jordan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-05· cited 60×
• State v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1987-07-20· cited 22×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-01-20· cited 16×
• Sullivan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-08-18· cited 2×