Bassett 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 a “trial court’s remark is not, in and of itself, ‘the full context’ simply because it represents the only point at which the court [expressly] addressed the issue [in dispute]”
• holding that a “trial court’s remark is not, in and of itself, ‘the full context’ simply because it represents the only point at which the court [expressly] addressed the issue [in dispute]”
• holding that the sentencing judge adequately considered mitigating factors
• holding that the sentencing judge adequately considered mitigating factors
• “Barring clear evidence to the contrary, this Court will not presume that a trial court purposefully ignored mitigating factors in blind pursuit of a harsh sentence.”
• “[b]arring clear evidence to the contrary, this Court will not presume that a trial court purposefully ignored mitigating factors in blind pursuit of a harsh sentence”

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Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jack Randall Young v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-07-30· cited 45×
• Doss v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-12-31· cited 44×
• Riner v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-05-06· cited 32×
• Connelly v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-07-28· cited 32×
• Parker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-11-04· cited 19×
• Shifflett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-12-30· cited 7×
• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-04-05· cited 6×
• Bradford T. Cellucci v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-03-14
• William Ezell Taylor v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-03-28
• Tadashi D. Guest v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-08-08
• Robert Marshall Cornelius v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-02-13
• Brian Edward Sheets v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-05-07
• Antwan Deangelo Barrow, s/k/a Antwonne D. Barrow v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-08-06
• Lindsey Nicole Perkins v. Rebecca Lynn (Hicks) Howington
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-09-10
• Elwood Lewis Thomas v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-09-17
• William Winn Khine v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-11-12
• Ronald Lee Manley v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-12-16
• Dean Anton Vitasek v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-01-13
• Patrick Brian Stambler v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-06-23

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Yarborough v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-04-22· cited 276×
• Cantrell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-10-18· cited 186×
• Duncan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-05-06· cited 48×
• City of Waynesboro Sheriff's Department v. Harter
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1985-12-17· cited 46×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-02-02· cited 44×
• Satterwhite v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-01-18· cited 11×
• Linton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-06-18· cited 7×

Other cases named Bassett v. Commonwealth

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Bassett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-12-04· cited 75×