Archer v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that constructive possession principles apply when considering the sufficiency of the evidence supporting a conviction for larceny of a firearm
• holding that where the factfinder has rejected the hypothesis of innocence, “that determination cannot be overturned as arbitrary unless no rational factfinder would have come to that conclusion”
• stating that “[questions of reasonable suspicion and probable cause to make a warrant-less search are subject to de novo review”
• stating that “proximity to the contraband” and “occupancy of the premises” provide probative evidence of constructive possession
• inferring defendant’s theft of a recently stolen firearm from his possession of it
• proximity to firearm and ownership or occupancy of premises are probative of defendant's constructive possession

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

131 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kelly v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-08-05· cited 712×
• Alfred Banks, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-02-14· cited 351×
• Davis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-10-15· cited 274×
• Flanagan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-08-30· cited 217×
• Jason N. Creamer v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-01-13· cited 213×
• Emerson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-06-08· cited 160×
• Angela Maye Holt v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-04-12· cited 158×
• Ervin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-01-25· cited 147×
• Houston v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-09-03· cited 105×
• Pease v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-12-10· cited 103×
• Glasco v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-03-17· cited 103×
• Holloway v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-02-15· cited 99×
• Perry v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-08-09· cited 97×
• Wood v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-11-23· cited 95×
• Santraun Deshaud Speller v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-11-06· cited 82×
• Molina v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-01-10· cited 79×
• Askew v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-03-18· cited 70×
• Pearce v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-12-16· cited 64×
• Shawanda S. Thorne v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-04-19· cited 62×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-10-23· cited 55×

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Payton v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-15· cited 7,618×
• Chimel v. California
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 6,512×
• New York v. Belton
  Supreme Court· 1981-09-23· cited 3,483×
• Alabama v. White
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 3,282×
• Maryland v. Buie
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-05· cited 2,122×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-21· cited 959×
• McGee v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-08· cited 907×
• Fore v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 284×
• Servis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-07-05· cited 274×
• Hamilton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-07-20· cited 264×
• Drew v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-01-17· cited 235×
• Powers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-06-15· cited 221×
• Josephs v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-03-27· cited 195×
• Cantrell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-10-18· cited 186×
• Bright v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-05-19· cited 153×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-09-01· cited 130×
• United States v. Daniel Nelson Silva
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-10-01· cited 108×
• Womack v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-06-08· cited 62×
• Tucker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-03-29· cited 59×
• United States v. Lorenzo Spencer
  Second Circuit· 1982-07-09· cited 57×

Other cases named Archer v. Commonwealth

5 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Archer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 47×
• Archer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1971-11-19· cited 6×
• Archer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-03-28· cited 3×
• Archer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1974-12-13
• Archer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1854-03-10