Brown v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “manifest injustice results when a person is sentenced for a crime other than that for which he was convicted”
• explaining that the exception permits redress in “limited instances of obvious injustice” where the error “is so contrary to fundamental notions of justice”
• rejecting the argument that a defendant must show a different sentence would have been imposed to establish a miscarriage of justice
• rejecting the Commonwealth’s argument that to demonstrate a miscarriage of justice, a defendant must show a different sentence would have been imposed, when the error is so contrary to fundamental notions of justice
• “trial court did consider the misstatements of fact contained in the presentence report” thereby effectively sentencing the defendant “for a crime other than that for which he was convicted”
• applying the ends of justice exception to Rule 5A:18

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Redman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-15· cited 579×
• Scott v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-03-29· cited 174×
• Jimenez v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 170×
• Angela Maye Holt v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-04-12· cited 158×
• Alphin v. Alphin
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-12-08· cited 154×
• Bazemore v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-01-13· cited 150×
• Neal v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-12-08· cited 147×
• West v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-06-15· cited 132×
• Lecky v. Reed
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-05-02· cited 113×
• Perry v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-08-09· cited 97×
• Hall v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-07-28· cited 96×
• Wood v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-11-23· cited 95×
• Herring v. Herring
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-08-22· cited 90×
• Campbell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-08-11· cited 90×
• Deal v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-09-29· cited 77×
• Breeden v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-06-01· cited 70×
• Adam H. Fox v. Jessica C. Fox
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-12-04· cited 63×
• Williams v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-24· cited 61×
• Brown v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-01-15· cited 60×
• Andrews v. Creacey
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-03· cited 59×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Tucker
  Supreme Court· 1972-01-11· cited 2,508×
• Townsend v. Burke
  Supreme Court· 1948-06-14· cited 1,667×
• Yarborough v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-04-22· cited 276×
• Mounce v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-07· cited 245×
• Tafero v. Dugger
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-26· cited 150×
• Beaver v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-01-16· cited 62×
• Ball v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-01-16· cited 54×
• Mason v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-04-20· cited 52×
• White v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-10-07· cited 48×
• Payne v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-02-02· cited 12×

Other cases named Brown v. Commonwealth

191 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-06-17· cited 259×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-09-01· cited 130×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-11-27· cited 121×
• BROWN v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-23· cited 104×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-02-12· cited 88×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-08-29· cited 79×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1977-02-18· cited 60×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-02-21· cited 50×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1974-04-22· cited 47×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1977-07-01· cited 47×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-02-02· cited 44×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-07-07· cited 44×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-03-27· cited 43×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-08· cited 39×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-11-05· cited 38×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-12-19· cited 37×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1829-07-03· cited 37×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-05-12· cited 36×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-12-21· cited 35×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-01-23· cited 35×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1873-04-05· cited 35×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-05-04· cited 34×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-04-07· cited 34×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-12-19· cited 33×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1878-12-09· cited 31×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-02-15· cited 30×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1964-04-24· cited 30×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1875-05-10· cited 30×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1957-02-27· cited 29×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1968-01-15· cited 28×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1928-11-13· cited 28×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-07-03· cited 27×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-03-17· cited 23×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-06-12· cited 23×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-02-23· cited 22×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1970-10-02· cited 21×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1977-12-09· cited 21×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-08-29· cited 20×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-09-09· cited 20×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-10-06· cited 20×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-09-03· cited 20×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1999-01-21· cited 20×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-06-09· cited 19×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-06-18· cited 19×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1977-11-18· cited 19×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-04-18· cited 19×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-12-15· cited 19×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1978-03-17· cited 19×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1994-12-22· cited 19×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1955-02-25· cited 19×