Commonwealth v. Burns

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a decision by a panel of this Court is precedent under the rules of stare decisis
• holding that panel decision of Court of Appeals is binding upon subsequent panels under rule of stare decisis
• holding that decision by panel of this Court is established precedent under rules of stare decisis
• noting that the “aggravating factor” of Code § 18.2-255.2 is any “drug transaction occurring within 1,000 feet of -5- a school,” because “such transactions are the cause of harm to children”
• not discussing mens rea argument but upholding statute against due process and equal protection challenges
• not discussing mens rea argument but upholding statute against due process and equal protection challenges

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Thurman
  Utah Supreme Court· 1993-01-07· cited 251×
• State v. Coria
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-11-12· cited 220×
• Towler v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-12-20· cited 200×
• Clinchfield Coal Co. v. Reed
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-03-11· cited 156×
• Armstrong v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-04-19· cited 141×
• Hall v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-07-28· cited 96×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-11-01· cited 63×
• Dawson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-02-08· cited 46×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-02-24· cited 44×
• Carlton v. Paxton
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-17· cited 38×
• Satchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-08-15· cited 35×
• Hackney v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-09-15· cited 32×
• Robinson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-01-21· cited 31×
• McQuinn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-12-13· cited 31×
• State of Tennessee v. Stanley Bernard Gibson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2016-11-16· cited 29×
• Michael Jonthan Garland Saunders v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-02-04· cited 26×
• Cruz v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-03-25· cited 24×
• Fullwood v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-02-25· cited 18×
• Tibbs v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-03-07· cited 17×
• John Dixon O'Malley v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-05-03· cited 16×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Rufus Holland
  D.C. Circuit· 1987-02-06· cited 121×
• Selected Risks Insurance v. Dean
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-04-24· cited 104×
• United States v. Ramon Falu
  Second Circuit· 1985-10-30· cited 100×
• State v. Burch
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-02-08· cited 70×
• United States v. Anthony Agilar
  Second Circuit· 1985-12-11· cited 53×
• United States v. Jerry Thornton, United States of America v. Frederick Jones, AKA Freddy Earl Jones
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-04-13· cited 41×
• State v. Ogar
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1989-01-03· cited 38×
• United States v. Nieves
  S.D. New York· 1985-05-13· cited 29×
• State v. Moore
  Utah Supreme Court· 1989-10-25· cited 22×
• Crenshaw v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-06-09· cited 20×
• United States v. Cunningham
  S.D. New York· 1985-08-16· cited 14×
• Vescuso v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-03-17· cited 8×
• Walters v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-05-16· cited 5×