Allen v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that because -3- appellant did not raise whether his nolo contendere plea was voluntary and intelligently given, the issue was not preserved for appeal
• finding that defendant, who amended his plea during trial after he testified, does not waive any trial rights, but rather fully exercises them
• treating a no contest plea as synonymous with a plea of nolo contendere

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-04-20· cited 43×
• Clauson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-03-09· cited 22×
• Terry v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-07-06· cited 16×
• State v. Shrophshire
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2025-03-17· cited 1×
• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2024-05-30

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Boykin v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 12,640×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-21· cited 959×
• Mounce v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-07· cited 245×
• Peyton v. King
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-09-05· cited 95×
• James v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-08-02· cited 73×
• Jefferson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-06-09· cited 63×
• Dowell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-08-20· cited 35×
• Dowell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-10· cited 33×
• Graham v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-10-02· cited 28×
• Sisk v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-11-18· cited 23×
• Simmers v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-12-04· cited 22×
• Pittman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-08-21· cited 8×