Fields v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• choking victim unconscious was not intrinsic in rape, regardless of whether this action made the rape easier to complete
• “[A]bduction-detention of the victim was factually distinct from the restraint inherent in his crimes of rape and forcible sodomy.” (emphasis added)
• defendant used restraint “in excess of that inherent in the commission of rape and sodomy where he twice choked her to the point of unconsciousness”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Donte Lavell Brooks v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-03-26· cited 14×
• Lawlor v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2013-01-10
• Roberto Tyrone Chatman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-03-26

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-04-17· cited 850×
• Parks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-10-10· cited 459×
• Fitzgerald v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-06-18· cited 187×
• Gray v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-04-24· cited 185×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-11-27· cited 121×
• Beavers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-02-26· cited 99×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-01-16· cited 82×
• Hoke v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-03-03· cited 61×
• Hoyt v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-12-07· cited 53×
• Pryor v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-04-04· cited 44×
• Walker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-11-29· cited 38×
• Coram v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-01-20· cited 38×
• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-03-19· cited 34×
• Wiggins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-12-13· cited 28×
• McKinley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-06-11· cited 15×