Atkins 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 flight from the scene alone does not constitute obstruction
• overturning a conviction for obstruction of justice where, when the police attempted to detain him, the defendant ran into the woods and hid for four hours before his capture

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Laura McGahey Roberts White v. David Carlton Wright
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-02-19· cited 93×
• Lauren Graham v. C. Gagnon
  Fourth Circuit· 2016-07-27· cited 72×
• Shawanda S. Thorne v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-04-19· cited 62×
• Startin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-03-23· cited 39×
• Isiah David Joseph v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-02-10· cited 17×
• Loren Anthony Mason, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-02-03· cited 15×
• Kal Robert Molinet v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-12-08· cited 14×
• Carnie Carr, Jr. v. Atkinson/Clark/Shea, A Joint Venture
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-04-08· cited 8×
• Loren Anthony Mason, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-08-05· cited 5×
• David Carlton Wright v. Laura McGahey Roberts White
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-02-19
• Loren Anthony Mason, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-09-09
• Travor Lamont Lucas v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-08-09

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Powell
  Supreme Court· 1984-12-10· cited 2,102×
• Congdon v. Congdon
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-04-08· cited 519×
• Clanton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-03-17· cited 283×
• Clinchfield Coal Co. v. Reed
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-03-11· cited 156×
• Jones v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-01-16· cited 142×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-02-28· cited 71×
• Ruckman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-10-20· cited 67×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-01-15· cited 59×
• Clarke v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-04-25· cited 56×
• United States v. William Alexander Haye and Claudius A. Reid
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-09-04· cited 47×
• Bishop v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-01-11· cited 28×
• F.E.C. v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-04-11· cited 26×
• Nolen v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-03-24· cited 21×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-10-26· cited 12×
• Rushing v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-07-26· cited 6×