Clark 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 prosecution of conspiracy charges was barred where charges for the underlying substantive offenses were dismissed on speedy trial grounds stating that the conspiracy charges were “closely related” to tire underlying charges
• where original charges have been dismissed for speedy trial violation, subsequent indictment for offense based on same act or transaction, such as conspiracy to commit the originally charged offenses, also violates speedy trial statute
• where original charges have been dismissed for speedy trial violation, subsequent indictment for offense based on same act or transaction, such as conspiracy to commit the originally charged offenses, also violates speedy trial statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ashby v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-10-10· cited 109×
• Schwartz v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-04-19· cited 52×
• Carlton v. Paxton
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-17· cited 38×
• Sheard v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-04-02· cited 26×
• Shavin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-11-09· cited 22×
• Jefferson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-08-22· cited 15×
• Ford v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-11-07· cited 9×
• Hutchins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-09-14· cited 3×
• Adkins v. Murray
  W.D. Virginia· 1994-11-29· cited 2×
• Rudolph Lynwood Hutchins, Jr. v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-09-14
• Carlton v. Paxton
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-05-21
• Jaquan Ramone Brown v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-09-06
• Commonwealth v. Jordan
  Suffolk County Circuit Court· 2000-12-22
• Commonwealth v. Norton
  Isle of Wight County Circuit Court· 2001-03-13
• Commonwealth v. Levin
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2001-05-03
• Commonwealth v. Waddler
  Portsmouth County Circuit Court· 2004-12-03
• Steven McCalla v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-05-12

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fowlkes v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-01-13· cited 66×
• Washington v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-09-05· cited 59×
• State v. Tharp
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1980-07-15· cited 10×