Brooks v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting an argument that bias existed simply because the juror’s sister was married to the great-uncle of the victims
• disagreeing with appellant’s argument that a juror was disqualified, and inherently biased, because her sister was married to the great-uncle of the victims, was the uncle of the victims’ father, and was a witness in the case
• “the long-standing common-law rule disqualif[ies] a venireman who is related, within the ninth degree [to a party or victim]” through blood or marriage (emphasis added

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Townsend v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2005-09-16· cited 76×
• Philip Surles v. Kristan Mayer and Marty Cullen, Jr.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-04-25· cited 72×
• Damon v. York
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-08-11· cited 28×
• Bagley v. City of Richmond Department of Social Services
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-01-31· cited 10×
• Wilmore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-07-21· cited 4×
• Philip Surles v. Kristan Mayer
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-04-25
• Thomas Edward Clark v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-10-17

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Watkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-06-14· cited 154×
• Vinson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-11-05· cited 74×
• Barrett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-11-02· cited 55×
• Brooks v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-12-08· cited 50×
• Richardson v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-11-24· cited 46×
• Phan v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-11-05· cited 40×
• Shoup v. Shoup
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-12-27· cited 39×
• Medici v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-06-09· cited 38×
• Cantrell v. Crews
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-01-14· cited 31×
• Perez v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-05-20· cited 29×
• Gray v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-01-20· cited 29×
• David v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-11-25· cited 28×
• Green v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-01-27· cited 21×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-06-17· cited 21×
• Norris v. Presley
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1974-02-21· cited 16×
• Patterson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-02-04· cited 13×
• Mullins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-02-25· cited 9×
• Frias v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-12-19· cited 8×