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.

• construing similar language in Code § 19.2-264.4(E) (now Code § 19.2-264.4(D)) to require a unanimous verdict
• stating “[t]he defendant, having agreed upon the action taken by the trial court, should not be allowed to assume an inconsistent position”
• “The defendant, having agreed upon the action taken by the trial court, should not be allowed to assume an inconsistent position” with respect to that action on appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Juniper v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2006-03-03· cited 345×
• Porter v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-06-06· cited 300×
• LeVasseur v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 272×
• Frye v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-06-13· cited 272×
• Stockton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 259×
• Gray v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-04-24· cited 185×
• Epperly v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-09-09· cited 179×
• Watkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-06-14· cited 154×
• Justus v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 143×
• Buchanan v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-09-22· cited 139×
• Powell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-01-16· cited 128×
• Spencer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-09-22· cited 123×
• Pope v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-09-04· cited 116×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-11-26· cited 112×
• Bunch v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 107×
• Timothy Dale Bunch v. Charles Thompson, Warden, (Two Cases)
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-11-27· cited 95×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-02-12· cited 88×
• James Dyral Briley v. Gary L. Bass, Warden
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-12-28· cited 87×
• Roach v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-03-01· cited 86×
• Whitley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-01-22· cited 86×

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Woodson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
• Proffitt v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×
• Roberts v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-12· cited 802×
• Stamper v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 380×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 232×
• Coppola v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 162×
• Waye v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-01-12· cited 95×
• Blake v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-06-28· cited 88×
• Herbert Levi Ferguson v. F. C. Boyd
  Fourth Circuit· 1977-12-27· cited 54×
• Mason v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-04-20· cited 52×
• Hinton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 45×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-06-08· cited 44×
• Lewis v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-06-10· cited 38×
• Lane v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-11-22· cited 32×
• Reid v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1965-10-11· cited 21×