Crenshaw v. Commonwealth

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 presumption was unconstitutional when it explicitly provided that the Commonwealth “need not prove” a relevant fact and therefore “exclude[d] from consideration any evidence” regarding that fact

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Burns
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-07-30· cited 75×
• Leeth v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-03-12· cited 62×
• People v. Gilbert
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1982-09-28· cited 55×
• Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Services v. Newman
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-09-11· cited 21×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-03-11· cited 17×
• People v. Gilbert
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1979-03-06· cited 16×
• Cramer v. Crutchfield
  E.D. Virginia· 1980-09-18· cited 15×
• Electrolert Corporation v. Marion S. Barry, Jr., Mayor of the District of Columbia
  D.C. Circuit· 1984-06-19· cited 12×
• Town of Purcellville Police v. Bromser-Kloeden
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-04-10· cited 6×
• Bryant Radio Supply, Inc. v. Slane
  W.D. Virginia· 1981-02-11· cited 6×
• FAIRFAX CTY. FIRE & RESCUE SERVICES v. Newman
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-09-11· cited 1×
• State v. Anonymous (1980-8)
  Connecticut Superior Court· 1980-07-01· cited 1×
• Opinion No. (1981)
  Nebraska Attorney General Reports· 1981-03-05
• Opinion No. Oag 82-79, (1979)
  Wisconsin Attorney General Reports· 1979-09-10
• Loudoun County v. Murphy
  Loudoun County Circuit Court· 1991-07-30
• Rasheed Daniel Fleming, s/k/a Rasheed N. Fleming v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-06-10

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Florida Lime & Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Paul
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-17· cited 1,897×
• Head v. New Mexico Board of Examiners in Optometry
  Supreme Court· 1963-06-17· cited 268×
• Burnette v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-04-20· cited 92×
• Dooley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1956-04-23· cited 25×
• Sharp v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-10-09· cited 19×