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.

• holding that, because opening statements are not evidence, counsel cannot open the door to otherwise inadmissible evidence by an assertion made in an opening statement
• holding that, because opening statements are not evidence, counsel cannot open the door to otherwise inadmissible evidence by an assertion made in an opening statement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Evans-Smith v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-10-20· cited 166×
• Hope v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-05-22· cited 70×
• Stewart v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-07-10· cited 57×
• Bynum v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-11-03· cited 20×
• Mostyn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-07-28· cited 18×
• DeLong v. Thompson
  E.D. Virginia· 1991-12-11· cited 18×
• Hope v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-08-01· cited 8×
• Young v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-02-07· cited 7×
• Pughsley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-10-31· cited 7×
• Irving v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-09-29· cited 7×
• Chiles v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-07-01· cited 7×
• Cummings v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-02-25· cited 6×
• Arrington v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-06-12· cited 6×
• Irving v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-12-17· cited 4×
• Argenbright v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-09-07· cited 3×
• Hope v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-09-15
• Lawrence McNally v. Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-03-26

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-10-12· cited 256×
• Lewis v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 131×
• Zirkle v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-09-07· cited 85×
• Land v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-09-04· cited 46×
• Moore v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1961-04-24· cited 32×
• Small v. Mungo
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1970-07-14· cited 30×
• King v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-04-22· cited 19×
• Jones v. Town of LaCrosse
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1942-12-07· cited 14×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-03-06· cited 10×
• Norfolk v. Eley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1929-06-13· cited 7×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-09-11· cited 3×