Cook v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “ ‘[DJefining crimes and fixing penalties are legislative, not judicial, functions.’ ” (quoting United States v. Evans, 333 U.S. 483, 486, 68 S.Ct. 634, 636, 92 L.Ed. 823 (1948))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Parker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-02-03· cited 26×
• Falwell v. City of Lynchburg, Virginia
  W.D. Virginia· 2002-02-08· cited 17×
• Gibson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-08-28· cited 7×
• Hernandez v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-11-17· cited 4×
• Nunley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2001-06-29· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Gardner
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1996-11-13
• Bhagavan Kevin Antle v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-02-04

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Evans
  Supreme Court· 1948-05-03· cited 217×
• Duffy v. Hartsock
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1948-03-01· cited 72×
• State v. Fair Lawn Service Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1956-01-16· cited 59×
• Crews v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-01-06· cited 51×
• Brushy Ridge Coal Co., Inc. v. Blevins
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-04-05· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Knott
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-09-11· cited 12×
• Waller v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-03-12· cited 11×
• State v. Ching
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1980-10-31· cited 7×
• Redding v. State
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1957-10-25· cited 4×