Adkins v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “ ‘When a statute creates a new felony, whether out of what was before innocent, or was a misdemeanor, those who are aiding one who personally commits it are principals.’ ” (quoting Bishop, Statutory Crimes, 2nd Ed., §§ 135, 139, and cases cited therein)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sutton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-01-18· cited 101×
• Diffendal v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-07-18· cited 91×
• Cole v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-08-02· cited 89×
• Commonwealth v. Mannos
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-02-25· cited 58×
• State v. Hoag
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1956-05-14· cited 52×
• Spradlin v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-01-25· cited 48×
• Washington v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-06-08· cited 41×
• State Ex Rel. Brown v. Thompson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1965-06-15· cited 35×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-01-16· cited 34×
• Highsmith v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-08-19· cited 27×
• Floyd v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1950-01-16· cited 21×
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-09-06· cited 11×
• Ingleson v. Burlington Medical Supplies, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 2015-10-22· cited 6×
• Roe v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-03-08· cited 3×
• Washington v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-06-08
• Commonwealth v. Waites
  Virginia Beach County Circuit Court· 1971-06-02
• Commonwealth v. Holloway
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1996-05-22
• Commonwealth v. Nesvig
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1996-07-23
• Commonwealth v. Hagwood
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 2003-10-10

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gebardi v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1932-11-07· cited 242×
• United States v. Farrar
  Supreme Court· 1930-05-26· cited 45×
• Rosser v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1933-01-12· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Ellis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1893-11-28· cited 39×
• Chichester v. Vass
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1797-11-13· cited 39×
• Farewell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-01-14· cited 30×
• State v. Teahan
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1882-05-15· cited 23×
• State v. Case
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1912-03-19· cited 20×
• Boggus v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1866-06-15· cited 19×
• Law v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1881-03-15· cited 18×
• Elliott v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1939-02-20· cited 18×
• State v. Sayko
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1923-07-05· cited 14×
• Faulkner v. Town of South Boston
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1924-06-12· cited 12×
• Arnold v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1875-01-15· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Carter
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1893-09-14· cited 8×
• Brooks v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1905-01-28· cited 5×
• State v. Warady
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1910-02-28· cited 4×