Branch v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “a statute should never be construed so that it leads to absurd results”
• “Where possible, a statute should be construed with a view toward harmonizing it with other statutes. Because the Code of Virginia is one body of law, other Code sections using the same phraseology may be consulted in determining the meaning of a statute.” (citation omitted)

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Cited by

112 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Andrew McQuay Jacobs v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-03-12· cited 210×
• Sargent v. Sargent
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-08-22· cited 124×
• Luck v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-07-18· cited 97×
• Robertson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-03-14· cited 97×
• Lynn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-05-12· cited 96×
• Moyer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-07-25· cited 90×
• Auer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-10-25· cited 79×
• James Edward Williams v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-01-20· cited 67×
• Newton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-09-19· cited 62×
• Rollins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-10-30· cited 61×
• Gilliam v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-01-11· cited 56×
• Lamont Anthony Woods v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-03-08· cited 56×
• Schwartz v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-04-19· cited 52×
• Russell Ervin Brown, III v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-05-22· cited 50×
• Allard v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-01-28· cited 48×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13· cited 47×
• Acey v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-03-09· cited 45×
• Doss v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-12-31· cited 44×
• James Scott Witherow, II v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-12-01· cited 38×
• Rasmussen v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-12-28· cited 36×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rollston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-01-02· cited 287×
• Essex v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-10-12· cited 189×
• Burns v. Board of Sup'rs of Stafford County
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-04-27· cited 84×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-01-11· cited 52×
• Crews v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-01-06· cited 51×
• Virginia Oak Flooring Co. v. Chrisley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-03-15· cited 34×
• Price v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1968-12-06· cited 26×
• Morris v. Morris
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-08-04· cited 15×
• Walthall v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-02-17· cited 14×
• Scott v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-04-07· cited 13×
• Travelers Insurance v. Brinkley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-03-12· cited 3×
• Chavez v. Continental Insurance
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-06-10· cited 2×
• Carver v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1950-09-06· cited 2×

Other cases named Branch v. Commonwealth

11 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Branch v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-03-11· cited 37×
• Branch v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-03-23· cited 18×
• Branch v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-02· cited 13×
• Branch v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1945-10-08· cited 10×
• Branch v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1923-09-25· cited 3×
• Branch v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1800-10-27
• Branch v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1800-10-15
• Branch v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1800-10-15
• Branch v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1807-11-02
• Branch v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1807-11-02
• Branch v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1807-11-02