Briley v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• capital murder in the commission of rape and robbery, both future dangerousness and vileness found
• capital murder in the commission of rape and robbery, both future dangerousness and vileness found
• defendant and three others robbed, then shot husband, wife, and their five-year-old son in the head as they lay bound, gagged, and covered with sheets
• capital murder in the commission of rape and robbery, both future dangerousness and vileness found
• forty-six veniremen questioned, seven excused because they had formed opinions as to guilt or innocence
• 46 veniremen examined, seven disqualified because they had formed opinions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Coleman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-09-09· cited 400×
• Frye v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-06-13· cited 272×
• Stockton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 259×
• Beck v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1997-04-18· cited 170×
• Watkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-06-14· cited 154×
• Spencer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-09-22· cited 123×
• Justus v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-10-16· cited 118×
• Quintana v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-09-09· cited 114×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-11-26· cited 112×
• Poyner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-04-26· cited 106×
• Strickler v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-04-19· cited 95×
• Cardwell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-11-04· cited 93×
• Yeatts v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-09-20· cited 92×
• James Dyral Briley v. Gary L. Bass, Warden
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-12-28· cited 87×
• Quesinberry v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 86×
• Whitley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-01-22· cited 86×
• Briley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-11-26· cited 82×
• Watkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-09-22· cited 81×
• Peterson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-04-29· cited 76×
• Bassett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-12-04· cited 75×

Cites

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

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• United States v. Agurs
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 6,537×
• Godfrey v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-19· cited 1,672×
• Stamper v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 380×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 232×
• Coppola v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 162×
• Justus v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 143×
• Clark v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 125×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-11-26· cited 112×
• Waye v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-01-12· cited 95×
• Lowe v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-11-23· cited 95×
• United States v. Coolidge
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts· 1815-05-15· cited 90×
• Greenfield v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1974-04-22· cited 83×
• Briley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-11-26· cited 82×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-10-10· cited 79×
• Giarratano v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 66×
• Washington v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-09-05· cited 59×
• Mason v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-04-20· cited 52×
• Spradlin v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-01-25· cited 48×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-06-08· cited 44×