Davis v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A] blood alcohol concentration which seriously impairs one individual’s ability to drive safely may impair to a different degree another’s ability to do so.”
• “[B]lood alcohol concentration, as measured by a chemical test, is a function of many factors including, . . . the length of time between drinking and measurement.”
• “[W]here no alcohol is consumed between the time of driving and the time the chemical test is administered the test results can reflect only that alcohol consumed before or during driving.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

34 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Woods v. Mendez
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-01-10· cited 72×
• Thurston v. City of Lynchburg
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-12-15· cited 33×
• United States v. Michael A. Thomas
  Fourth Circuit· 2004-05-04· cited 32×
• Haas v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-03-19· cited 31×
• Yap v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-04-24· cited 29×
• Lemond v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-02-21· cited 24×
• Basfield v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-10-02· cited 18×
• Freddie Beckham, III v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-05-30· cited 17×
• State v. Wetzel
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1989-12-11· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Ayers
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-11-30· cited 14×
• Ryan Taylor v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-04-16· cited 13×
• Kehl v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-01-19· cited 11×
• State v. Lusi
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1993-06-08· cited 11×
• Ex Parte State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-03-19· cited 9×
• Pearson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-06-08· cited 8×
• Weinbender v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-11-20· cited 8×
• Flaherty v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-24· cited 6×
• Charles v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-09-10· cited 4×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-04-30· cited 3×
• Hammond v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-05-11· cited 2×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Overbee v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-04-27· cited 55×
• State v. Knoll
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 1986-05-01· cited 38×
• Denison v. Anchorage
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1981-07-09· cited 34×
• State v. Rollins
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1982-03-25· cited 34×
• People v. Kappas
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-12-15· cited 31×
• Shinault v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-10-12· cited 29×
• Clemmer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1968-03-04· cited 28×
• Coffey v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-10-10· cited 25×
• Fowlkes v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-03-09· cited 21×
• Bland v. City of Richmond
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-10-10· cited 21×
• State v. Tischio
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1986-02-26· cited 17×
• Washington v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1988-03-15· cited 12×
• State v. Swarengin
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1973-02-26· cited 9×
• State v. Murphy
  Girard Municipal Court· 1983-06-27· cited 7×
• Mosley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-01-06· cited 4×