Carter 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 the record failed to contain facts sufficient to support the conviction for criminal contempt
• holding that the record failed to contain facts sufficient to support the conviction for criminal contempt
• deciding that the rules of evidence apply to a criminal contempt trial and requiring the prosecution to prove contempt beyond a reasonable doubt
• deciding that the rules of evidence apply to a criminal contempt trial and requiring the prosecution to prove contempt beyond a reasonable doubt
• deciding that the rules of evidence apply to a criminal contempt trial and requiring the prosecution to prove contempt beyond a reasonable doubt
• “Criminal contempt occurring in the presence of the court is sometimes referred to as direct contempt.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Estate of Hackler v. Hackler
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-09-21· cited 128×
• George M. Epps, Sheriff of City of Petersburg, Virginia v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-03-14· cited 115×
• Alexy J. Abdo, a/k/a Alexi J. Abdo v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-03-24· cited 91×
• Singleton v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-11-05· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-11-02· cited 43×
• Robinson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-07-08· cited 34×
• Andrew Becker, s/k/a Andrew Ira Becker v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-03-24· cited 34×
• Baugh v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-05-05· cited 33×
• Priscilla Sherrie Parham v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-07-31· cited 25×
• Steinberg v. Steinberg
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-09-05· cited 24×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-03-17· cited 23×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-10-15· cited 20×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-06-16· cited 20×
• Arthur G. Kahn v. Eileen McNicholas
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-01-31· cited 15×
• Fisher v. Salute
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-02-26· cited 13×
• Epps v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-07-26· cited 13×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-05-06· cited 12×
• Epperly v. County of Montgomery
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-10-04· cited 9×
• Scialdone v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-04-29· cited 9×
• Rozario v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-07-24· cited 8×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1899-03-16· cited 91×
• Local 333B, United Marine Division v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-06-16· cited 47×
• Richard Vines v. R. M. Muncy, Superintendent, James River Correctional Center, and the Attorney General of Virginia
  Fourth Circuit· 1977-03-28· cited 46×
• Nicholas v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-04-21· cited 38×
• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-11-23· cited 31×
• John Wesley Riadon, Jr. v. United States
  Sixth Circuit· 1960-02-01· cited 28×
• Branch v. Branch
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1926-03-18· cited 25×
• United Steelworkers of America v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-11-21· cited 24×
• Calamos v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1945-10-08· cited 20×
• Bryant v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1956-06-18· cited 7×