Commonwealth v. Wilks

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 statute requiring notice within 21 days for seizure for forfeiture was directory because it \contain[ed] no prohibitory or limiting language\ and \[did] not affect the power of the circuit court to adjudicate the forfeiture proceeding\
• holding that delay in providing notice of seizure for forfeiture was not a jurisdictional defect in part because respondents did not contend -6- that they had suffered prejudice constituting a denial of due process
• holding that the failure by the Commonwealth’s Attorney to file the required 21-day statutory notice that the defendant’s property had been seized did not deprive the circuit court of jurisdiction to adjudicate the Commonwealth’s civil-forfeiture claim
• holding that a statute requiring notice within 21 days for seizure for forfeiture was directory because it “contain[ed] no prohibitory or limiting language” and “[did] not affect the power of the circuit court to adjudicate the forfeiture proceeding”

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Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rickman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2017-12-28· cited 54×
• Butler v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-11-01· cited 37×
• Oliver v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-03-04· cited 18×
• Tran v. Board of Zoning Appeals
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-11-03· cited 12×
• Harris v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-10-28· cited 5×
• Troy Lamont Boone v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-07-24· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Hoverstadt
  Southampton County Circuit Court· 2000-09-15
• Mallory v. City of Richmond
  Richmond County Circuit Court· 2005-09-23
• Travis Alexander Bland Henderson, s/k/a Travis Alexander Bland-Henderson v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-04-11

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jamborsky v. Baskins
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-04-15· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Rafferty
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 53×
• Jenkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-12-17· cited 7×
• Virginia v. Brunson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-09-16· cited 6×
• Haina v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-06-10· cited 5×