Alger v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that “the ‘mischief at which [Code] § 18.2-308.2(A) is directed is the possession of firearms by-convicted felons in an attempt to prevent indiscriminate use of dangerous weapons by one previously convicted of a serious crime”
• observing that \the `mischief' at which [Code] § 18.2-308.2(A) is directed is the possession of firearms by convicted felons in an attempt to prevent indiscriminate use of dangerous weapons by one previously convicted of a serious crime\
• “Where a particular construction of a statute will result in an absurdity, some other reasonable construction which will not produce the absurdity will be found.” (quoting Mayhew v. Commonwealth, 20 Va. App. 484, 489 (1995))
• “Where a particular construction of a statute will result in an absurdity, some other reasonable construction which will not produce the absurdity will be found.” (quoting Mayhew v. Commonwealth, 20 Va. App. 484, 489 (1995))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Robert W Szymczak, II v. Laura M Kane
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-08-26· cited 113×
• Farnsworth v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-07-27· cited 94×
• Alger v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-01-16· cited 58×
• Dugger v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-05-20· cited 28×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-05-18· cited 5×
• Clinton C. Quesenberry, s/k/a v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-07-08· cited 2×
• Laura M Kane v. Robert W Szymczak, II
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-08-26
• W. Neil Wills v. Lisa J. Wills
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-02-09
• Lisa J. Wills v. W. Neil Wills
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-02-09
• Jaquan Ramone Brown v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-09-06
• Dean Anton Vitasek v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-01-13

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Armstrong v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-04-19· cited 141×
• Cummings v. Fulghum
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-01-12· cited 85×
• Hughes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-12-17· cited 56×
• Mayhew v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-06-13· cited 50×
• Miller v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1942-09-09· cited 41×
• Humphrey v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-10-23· cited 36×
• Reynolds v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-06-29· cited 35×
• Barnes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-10-24· cited 22×
• Burke v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-02-23· cited 19×
• Toliver v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-04-02· cited 10×