Commonwealth v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the prejudice resulting from the joinder of two counts of murder was necessary under the relevant statute
• recognizing that in the event of a conflict between a statute and a rule of court, the statute prevails (first citing Va. Const. art. VI, § 5; and then citing Code § 8.01-3)
• stating that \[t]he General Assembly has implicitly modified Rule 3A:6(b)\ by enacting Code § 18.2-31(8)
• stating that “[t]he General Assembly has implicitly modified Rule 3A:6(b)” by enacting Code § 18.2-31(8)
• Va. Code § 18.2-31 (8) supplies the connection to satisfy the requirement for joinder

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Atkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-31· cited 85×
• Andrews v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-09-16· cited 40×
• Shavis Donta Holloman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-08-11· cited 38×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-06-15· cited 19×
• Walker v. True
  Fourth Circuit· 2003-05-06· cited 19×
• Brian Heath Doss v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-01-10· cited 17×
• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-03-26· cited 15×
• Lewis Daniel Nimety v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-06-28· cited 14×
• Atkins v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-31· cited 2×
• Gardner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2014-06-05
• Walker v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2015-04-16
• Lenny Rock Kenner v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-12-03
• Commonwealth v. Severance
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2015-06-22

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-10-12· cited 256×
• Cheng v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-06-08· cited 243×
• Fitzgerald v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-06-18· cited 187×
• Burlile v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-04-20· cited 36×
• Graham v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-11-03· cited 10×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-03-06· cited 2×