Commonwealth v. Shifflett

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 trial court's ruling on the admissibility of evidence at sentencing will not be reversed unless the court clearly abused its discretion
• holding that a trial court’s ruling on the admissibility of evidence at sentencing will not be reversed unless the court clearly abused its discretion
• holding that the need for a fully informed sentencer is \no less essential\ in cases involving noncapital offenses than it is in cases involving capital offenses
• holding that the need for a fully informed sentencer is “no less essential” in cases involving noncapital offenses than it is in cases involving capital offenses
• holding that appellant should not “put a different twist on a question [on appeal] that is at odds with the question presented to the trial court”
• stating that the trial court \may be guided\ by mitigating factors listed in the capital sentencing statute, Code § 19.2-264.4, when sentencing non-capital offenders

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Cited by

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

• Jason N. Creamer v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-01-13· cited 213×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2017-02-02· cited 123×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-08-02· cited 90×
• Runyon v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-04-27· cited 61×
• Yarbrough v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-09-17· cited 59×
• Brown v. City of Danville
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-12-21· cited 53×
• Clifford v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2007-06-08· cited 41×
• Young v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2007-04-20· cited 34×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-08-18· cited 31×
• Hartigan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-12-28· cited 23×
• Crawford v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-12-29· cited 22×
• Byrd v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-08-03· cited 17×
• Harris v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-11-02· cited 16×
• Billips v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-06-06· cited 12×
• Kearney v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-07-10· cited 10×
• Booker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-04-10· cited 9×
• Rock v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-03-15· cited 9×
• Pughsley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-10-31· cited 7×
• Singleton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-10-07· cited 6×
• Kearney v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-07-18· cited 6×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Coppola v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 162×
• Coe v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-03-07· cited 150×
• Shifflett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-12-30· cited 7×
• Shifflett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-05-20· cited 4×

Other cases named Commonwealth v. Shifflett

4 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Commonwealth v. Shifflett
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-05
• Commonwealth v. Shifflett
  Loudoun County Circuit Court· 1989-12-12
• Commonwealth v. Shifflett
  Albemarle County Circuit Court· 1995-09-18
• Commonwealth v. Shifflett
  Page County Circuit Court· 2000-06-16