Armstrong v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that officers have probable cause to arrest a suspect observed holding something that, based on the officers' experience, training, and the surrounding circumstances, they believe or suspect is illegal narcotics
• “The Commonwealth must also establish that the defendant intentionally and consciously possessed it with knowledge of its nature and character.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Barkley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-02-11· cited 81×
• Najee Finique Hairston v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-04-11· cited 81×
• Morris v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-04-08· cited 46×
• Purdie v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-07-10· cited 27×
• Cottee v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-02-01· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Wilkins
  Suffolk County Circuit Court· 2000-08-10· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Wiggins
  Southampton County Circuit Court· 2000-10-10
• Commonwealth v. Vick
  Southampton County Circuit Court· 2001-01-29

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ornelas v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-10· cited 7,197×
• Texas v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-19· cited 3,147×
• McGee v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-08· cited 907×
• Pennsylvania v. Labron
  Supreme Court· 1996-07-01· cited 668×
• Cheng v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-06-08· cited 243×
• DePriest v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-08-04· cited 149×
• Glasco v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-03-17· cited 103×
• King v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-01-14· cited 88×
• Richards v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-08-29· cited 78×
• Barlow v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-01-27· cited 76×
• Eckhart v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-09-11· cited 71×
• Hatcher v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-05-26· cited 63×
• Buck v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-05-02· cited 62×
• Bryson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-06-15· cited 53×
• Moss v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-10-18· cited 46×
• Conway v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-07-01· cited 45×
• Goodwin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-12-04· cited 42×
• Riley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-01-07· cited 42×
• Burton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-04-28· cited 38×
• Bottoms v. Bottoms
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-06-21· cited 8×