Bowling v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that admissibility and sufficiency “are two completely separate legal questions, requiring two distinct legal analyses”
• holding that “whether evidence is admissible at trial and whether it is sufficient to prove the charges against an accused are two completely separate legal questions, requiring two distinct legal analyses”
• stating that this Court “reviews the totality of the evidence to determine whether it was sufficient to prove” the charged offense
• holding that, even though defendant made a motion to strike at the conclusion of the case, because the motion did not argue that the evidence was not sufficient to establish a specific element of the offense, this specific argument was not preserved for appeal
• holding defendant’s failure to challenge the sufficiency of evidence supporting a specific element of the offense at the motion to strike failed to preserve the issue on appeal
• holding defendant’s failure to challenge the sufficiency of evidence supporting a specific element of the offense at the motion to strike failed to preserve the issue on appeal

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Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Andy Chavez v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-08-14· cited 662×
• Flanagan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-08-30· cited 217×
• Ervin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-01-25· cited 147×
• Quyen Vinh Phan Le v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-07-28· cited 51×
• Jeffrey D. Wells v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-01-26· cited 32×
• Merritt v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-03-02· cited 11×
• Morris v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-10-18· cited 6×
• Goble v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-09-14· cited 6×
• Barson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-07-05· cited 5×
• Bakran v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-10-26· cited 3×
• Damon Phineas Jordan v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-08-28· cited 2×
• Scialdone v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13· cited 2×
• Edwards Jones, s/k/a Edward S. Jones v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13
• Barry R. Taylor v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13
• Douglas Leon Miner v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-03-12

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Edwards v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-12-09· cited 625×
• Mounce v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-07· cited 245×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-12-02· cited 180×
• Ragland v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-08-17· cited 133×
• Crawley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-03-23· cited 131×
• Commonwealth v. Duncan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-03-05· cited 99×
• Auer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-10-25· cited 79×
• Ainslie v. Inman
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-02-28· cited 67×
• Cook v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-06-10· cited 63×
• M.G. v. Albemarle County Department of Social Services
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-07-22· cited 60×
• Hunter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-02-16· cited 57×
• Kitze v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-09-24· cited 44×
• Sabol v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-10-16· cited 40×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1922-09-21· cited 38×
• Coles v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-12-14· cited 27×