Black v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• surplusage not fatal, provided \accused is given notice of the nature and character of the offense charged\
• “[E]rror arising from an improper question or improper conduct of counsel may usually be cured by prompt and decisive action of the trial court without granting a motion for a mistrial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• LeVasseur v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 272×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-03-17· cited 209×
• Walls v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-05· cited 106×
• Boggs v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-06-14· cited 69×
• Albert v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-19· cited 57×
• Wise v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-11-27· cited 38×
• Hogan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-09-01· cited 34×
• Nelson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-12-02· cited 27×
• David Gregory Landeck v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-03-13· cited 15×
• Claude Gene Sloan v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-04-10· cited 4×
• Christopher Todd Landeck v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-03-13
• Workman v. City of Roanoke
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 1989-11-30
• Commonwealth v. Leis
  Chesterfield County Circuit Court· 1989-02-15
• Commonwealth v. Waters
  Loudoun County Circuit Court· 1994-11-02

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 11,783×
• United States v. Matlock
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-20· cited 3,648×
• Lowe v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-11-23· cited 95×
• Wilder v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-06-11· cited 53×
• Lewis v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-06-15· cited 41×
• \Automatic\ Sprinkler Corp. of America v. Coley & Petersen, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-01-12· cited 40×
• Ashley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-01-11· cited 17×
• Sult v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-03-06· cited 9×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1973-04-23· cited 6×