Clay v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “Evidence is relevant if it tends to prove or disprove, or is pertinent to, matters in issue.”
• “Evidence is relevant if it tends to prove or disprove, or is pertinent to, matters in issue.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-01-25· cited 362×
• Jason N. Creamer v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-01-13· cited 213×
• Darius Oneil Dalton v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-03-31· cited 190×
• Scott v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-03-29· cited 174×
• Luginbyhl v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-04-04· cited 117×
• Seaton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-04-13· cited 116×
• Capano v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-08-10· cited 115×
• Ortiz v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-10-31· cited 111×
• Perry v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-08-09· cited 97×
• Justo Mazariegos Campos v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-06-13· cited 84×
• Molina v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-01-10· cited 79×
• Sheets v. Castle
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-03-01· cited 65×
• Rose v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2005-06-09· cited 63×
• McCary v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-07-03· cited 61×
• Abdul Lateef Salahuddin v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-01-31· cited 60×
• Thomas Robert Lienau v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-09-11· cited 60×
• Andrews v. Creacey
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-03· cited 59×
• Patrick Franklin Graves, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-01-12· cited 59×
• Gonzales v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-04-12· cited 58×
• Green v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-06-06· cited 57×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Kotteakos v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1946-06-10· cited 7,845×
• United States v. Roland W. Brown
  D.C. Circuit· 1974-01-10· cited 216×
• Compton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-01-12· cited 51×
• Greenway v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1997-06-06· cited 48×
• Pitt v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-11-03· cited 43×
• Boggs v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1957-12-02· cited 41×
• Stokes v. Warden, Powhatan Correctional Center
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-09-09· cited 39×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-08-01· cited 32×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-10-05· cited 6×

Other cases named Clay v. Commonwealth

11 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-08-01· cited 32×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-07-27· cited 30×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1993-08-02· cited 24×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-10-24· cited 20×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-08-27· cited 14×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-02-11· cited 7×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-10-05· cited 6×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1970-05-15· cited 1×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-12-15
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-02-02
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-12-07