Edwards v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• suggesting the typical beginning of meaningful trial proceedings is the beginning of voir dire or the introduction of the courtroom participants before the venire
• suggesting the typical beginning of meaningful trial proceedings is the beginning of voir dire or the introduction of the courtroom participants before the venire
• remanding the case because the trial court applied the wrong legal standard and had not made the “predicate factual findings” necessary to apply the correct standard

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Hester
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2010-10-05· cited 554×
• State v. Samuel
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2018-02-28· cited 20×
• Laurels of Bon Air, LLC v. Medical Facilities of America LIV Ltd. Partnership
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-04-22· cited 19×
• State v. Pina
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2010-03-18· cited 18×
• State v. Hardy
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-08-27· cited 18×
• State v. Towle
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2011-12-14· cited 15×
• State v. Barnes
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2015-07-01· cited 3×
• State of Idaho v. Juan Carlos Fuentes Pina - First
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2009-07-08
• State of Tennessee v. Randall Kenneth Reed
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2020-09-18
• William Winn Khine v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-09-13
• State of Tennessee v. Hubert Glenn Sexton, Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2024-02-02
• William Winn Khine v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-11-12
• Johnny Ray Benefield v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-11-19
• Steve Gaskins v. McLean Bible Church
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-05-19

Cites

33 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Johnson v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
• United States v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 8,442×
• McKaskle v. Wiggins
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 2,288×
• Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCann
  Supreme Court· 1943-01-04· cited 2,192×
• Godinez v. Moran
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-24· cited 1,916×
• Murray v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-27· cited 1,424×
• United States v. Morrison
  Supreme Court· 1981-02-23· cited 1,159×
• Rushen v. Spain
  Supreme Court· 1983-12-12· cited 1,013×
• Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-24· cited 840×
• Iowa v. Tovar
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 747×
• Muhammad v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2005-04-22· cited 379×
• United States v. Clinton Bernard Frazier-El
  Fourth Circuit· 2000-03-02· cited 198×
• United States v. Odell Bennett
  Tenth Circuit· 1976-06-28· cited 196×
• People v. Anderson
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1976-12-21· cited 187×
• United States v. Frederick Keith Singleton
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-02-28· cited 154×
• United States v. Darryl Lamont Johnson
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-08-03· cited 107×
• Gary N. Fields v. Edward W. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-03-20· cited 103×
• United States v. Albert A. Lawrence
  Fourth Circuit· 1979-09-21· cited 92×
• Lewis Donald Fritz v. James Spalding
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-07-27· cited 92×