Breeden v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that circumstantial evidence is as competent as direct evidence and is entitled to the same weight
• “[T]he fact of the complaint of rape lay in the details of [the victim’s] statement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Alfred Banks, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-02-14· cited 351×
• Michels v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-01-17· cited 124×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-07-12· cited 108×
• Robert McKinley Blankenship v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-02-05· cited 100×
• Judy Kay Reaves v. James Kelly Tucker
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-06-13· cited 56×
• Harper v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-04-10· cited 52×
• Caison v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-07-29· cited 43×
• Abney v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-03-04· cited 43×
• Jasper v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-05-22· cited 32×
• Kromer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-06-14· cited 24×
• Pierce v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-11-20· cited 18×
• Keith Alexander Mayberry v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-03-08· cited 14×
• Swanson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-04-27· cited 7×
• Slaughter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-05-08· cited 5×
• Willie Hicks, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-12-03
• Roy Leeshun Williams v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-01-14
• Isaiah A. Green v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-06-16
• Timothy James Suhay v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-07-19
• Dilliraj Bista v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-09-12
• United States v. Mao
  First Circuit· 2026-04-29

Cites

27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ohree v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-01-13· cited 729×
• Redman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-15· cited 579×
• Coleman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-09-09· cited 400×
• Watkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-01-20· cited 319×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-05-02· cited 284×
• Mounce v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-07· cited 245×
• Barrett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-03-07· cited 195×
• Bright v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-05-19· cited 153×
• Crawley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-03-23· cited 131×
• Justus v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-10-16· cited 118×
• Seaton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-04-13· cited 116×
• Sutton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-01-18· cited 101×
• Robertson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-03-14· cited 97×
• Yarborough v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-02-25· cited 90×
• Cirios v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-10-18· cited 89×
• Eckhart v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-06-12· cited 81×
• Marshall v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-02-24· cited 74×
• Banks v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-09-30· cited 60×
• Shenk v. Shenk
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-11-19· cited 47×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-03-02· cited 42×