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.

• “[T]he law is well settled in Virginia that each co-actor is responsible for the acts of the others, and may not interpose his personal lack of intent as a defense.”
• “[T]he law is well settled in Virginia that each co-actor is responsible for the acts of the others, and may not interpose his personal lack of intent as a defense.”
• “[E]ach co-actor is responsible for the acts of the others . . . .”
• “[E]ach co-actor is responsible for the acts of the others . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rollston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-01-02· cited 287×
• Thomas v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-01-15· cited 87×
• Hilton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2017-04-13· cited 56×
• United States v. Antonio Simmons
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-05-28· cited 55×
• Jeffrey Nigel Carr v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-07-24· cited 34×
• Fitzgerald v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-02-05· cited 20×
• McGill v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-05-20· cited 19×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-12-01· cited 17×
• Paiz v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-08-25· cited 8×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-05-05· cited 7×
• Charlton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-03-21· cited 6×
• Henderson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-12-07· cited 2×
• In Re: Carl Dicks
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-06-28· cited 1×
• Fitzgerald v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-03-22
• United States v. Antonio Simmons
  Fourth Circuit· 2021-08-23
• Bullock v. Netherland
  Richmond County Circuit Court· 1995-02-02
• Commonwealth v. Diaz
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1998-11-12
• Jose Vidal Pereira v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-01-28
• Anthony Elijah Perkins v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-03-31

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• LeVasseur v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 272×
• United States v. Charles Lee Douglass and James Andrew Babb
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-01-21· cited 113×
• Ansell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-01-12· cited 110×
• Hatcher v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-03-03· cited 80×
• People v. Tavolacci
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1979-02-06· cited 28×
• Cortner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-09-11· cited 24×