Courtney v. Com.

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• affirming the defendant’s conviction where he told the victim during the robbery that he had a gun but he had only a toy firearm in his possession when he was apprehended, because the fact finder clearly resolved against the defendant the issue of whether he used a real gun in the robbery
• evidence was sufficient to support the defendant’s conviction where he committed a robbery by holding an object underneath his shirt the entire time while stating to the victim, “I have a gun.”
• “As we have said on many occasions, . . . the reviewing court is not permitted to substitute its own judgment, even if its opinion might differ from the conclusions reached by the finder of fact at the trial.’”
• “As we have said on many occasions, ‘[I]f there is evidence to support the convictions, the reviewing court is not permitted to substitute its own judgment, even if its opinion might differ from the conclusions reached by the finder of fact at the trial.’” (alteration in original

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Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Towler v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-12-20· cited 200×
• Tizon v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-04-03· cited 106×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-08-02· cited 90×
• Jack Randall Young v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-07-30· cited 45×
• Wendell Kirk Dean v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-12-04· cited 29×
• English v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-10-04· cited 29×
• Thomas James Synan, II v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-01-24· cited 21×
• Donte Devan Mitchell v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-07-03· cited 17×
• Kimberly Paul Barney v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-01-08· cited 17×
• Laurence Maria Smith, s/k/a Laurence Marie Smith v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-01-16· cited 16×
• Rushing v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-07-26· cited 6×
• Derrick Renard Powell v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-11-26· cited 3×
• Dewayne Oliver Winslow v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-12-23· cited 2×
• Conley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2012-11-01
• Evans v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2020-12-03
• Northern Va. Kitchen, Bath & Basement v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2021-04-15
• Joseph E. Brown v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-05-10
• Commonwealth v. Barney
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2023-03-16
• Qualik Nashawn Davis v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-11-21
• Michael Jason Drexel v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-05-07

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Conyers v. MARTIAL ARTS WORLD OF RICHMOND
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2007-01-12· cited 300×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-12-02· cited 180×
• Commonwealth v. Jenkins
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-04-17· cited 151×
• Armstrong v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-04-19· cited 141×
• Elliott v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-04-17· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Zamani
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-11-06· cited 104×
• Clark v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-04-15· cited 90×
• Yarborough v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-02-25· cited 90×
• Holloman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-08-28· cited 84×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-02-28· cited 71×
• Alger v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-01-16· cited 58×
• Powell v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-09-17· cited 40×