Davidson v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• accepting waiver of right to appeal capital conviction but applying a specific statutory exception mandating limited appellate review of all death sentences

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Muhammad v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2005-04-22· cited 379×
• Goins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-04-19· cited 178×
• Walker v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-06-11· cited 133×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2017-02-02· cited 123×
• Stewart v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-02-26· cited 76×
• Bailey v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-04-21· cited 74×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-04-17· cited 54×
• Murphy v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-06-11· cited 42×
• Hussen v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-01-08· cited 19×
• Congdon v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-02-15· cited 16×
• Davidson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-06-11· cited 10×
• Chabrol v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-02-26· cited 7×
• Turner v. Williams
  E.D. Virginia· 1993-02-01· cited 5×
• Zirkle v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-09-14· cited 3×
• Karen Taylor Kusterer v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-04-21

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stamper v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 380×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 232×
• Buchanan v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-09-22· cited 139×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-03-02· cited 97×
• Strickler v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-04-19· cited 95×
• Quesinberry v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 86×
• Stockton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 81×
• Hoke v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-03-03· cited 61×
• Spencer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-11-10· cited 49×