Bishop v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “Had the legislature intended for courts to impose a felony sentence solely upon proof that an habitual offender drove after consuming alcohol, the legislature could have included such a penalty, as it did in subsection (B)(3).”
• “In defining the conduct that gives rise to felony punishment under Code § 46.2-357(B)(2
• “In defining the conduct that gives rise to felony punishment under Code § 46.2-357(B)(2), the legislature used the phrase, ‘driving [that] ... endanger[s] the life, limb, or property of another,’ language virtually identical to that found in the statute defining reckless driving.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wood v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-11-23· cited 95×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-10-28· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Carter
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-10-10· cited 23×
• Travis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-05-23· cited 14×
• Hudgins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-03-04· cited 9×
• Thomas Tyler Wright v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-02-11· cited 8×
• Zuhaar Jamal Ramadan v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-12-29· cited 6×
• Linda Eugene Hall v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-08-05· cited 4×
• Dennis Jeremiah Lawrence v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-08-15· cited 3×
• Henry Adolphus Thompson v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-07-07· cited 2×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Essex v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-10-12· cited 189×
• Baker v. Marcus
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-06-13· cited 88×
• Foote v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-09-18· cited 55×
• King v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-05-17· cited 49×
• Spickard v. City of Lynchburg
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1940-01-08· cited 12×