Blair v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “[ujnder this doctrine, a police officer [who is lawfully in a place where he has a right to be] . . . may seize evidence of criminal activity in plain view that he comes upon inadvertently when it is immediately apparent that the items are incriminating”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cantrell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-10-18· cited 186×
• Gray v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-04-24· cited 185×
• Beavers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-02-26· cited 99×
• Harris v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-01-11· cited 89×
• Bynum v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-11-12· cited 52×
• Delong v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-11-25· cited 52×
• Stokes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-05-05· cited 14×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Coolidge v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-21· cited 9,038×
• Texas v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-19· cited 3,147×
• Steele v. United States No. 1
  Supreme Court· 1925-04-13· cited 727×
• Stamper v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 380×
• United States v. Jo Ann Williams
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-07-31· cited 223×
• United States v. Santore
  Second Circuit· 1960-11-16· cited 125×
• State v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-01-24· cited 77×
• Manley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-09-04· cited 57×
• Lugar v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1974-03-04· cited 25×
• Cook v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1974-04-22· cited 12×
• Holloman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-03-06· cited 9×
• Robinson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-11-22· cited 5×