Berry v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that “probation [is] a matter of favor, not contract” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Marshall v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-10-10· cited 99×
• Hamilton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-10-08· cited 80×
• State v. Walter
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1970-05-28· cited 11×
• Hamilton v. Lumpkin
  E.D. Virginia· 1975-03-04· cited 4×
• Cilwa v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2019-12-12
• Hannah v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2024-04-18
• Commonwealth v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2025-11-20

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Burns v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1932-12-05· cited 523×
• Escoe v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1935-05-20· cited 515×
• Slayton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-06-10· cited 96×
• Dyke v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-03-10· cited 68×