Commonwealth v. Jackson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “in Virginia, while a probation revocation hearing is a criminal proceeding, it is not a stage of a criminal prosecution”
• “[T]here is no evidence that Judge Griffith treated [appellant] in a biased or prejudicial manner at the revocation hearing.” (emphasis added)
• \[T]here is no evidence that Judge Griffith treated [appellant] in a biased or prejudicial manner at the revocation hearing.\ (emphasis added)
• “[W]hile a revocation hearing is a criminal proceeding, it ‘is not a stage of a criminal prosecution.’” (citation omitted)
• “In the absence of proof of actual bias, recusal is properly within the discretion of the trial judge.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2006-06-08· cited 75×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-08-23· cited 13×
• Billips v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-06-06· cited 12×
• Jaccard v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-06-10· cited 6×
• Prieto v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2012-01-13
• Walker v. Forbes
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2016-09-08
• Zoning Appeals Board v. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2006-12-20
• Commonwealth v. Prieto
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2010-03-08
• Commonwealth v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2025-11-20

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Gagnon v. Scarpelli
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 5,755×
• Justus v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-10-16· cited 118×
• Deahl v. Winchester Department of Social Services
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-01-21· cited 60×
• Green v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-01-17· cited 37×
• Welsh v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-04-07· cited 31×
• Johnnie Ray Grimsley v. Ray M. Dodson, Sheriff J. Marshall Coleman, Attorney General of Virginia
  Fourth Circuit· 1982-12-15· cited 25×
• Davis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-02-06· cited 24×
• Merritt v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-05-23· cited 16×
• Motley v. Virginia State Bar
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-09-15· cited 15×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-04-22· cited 1×