Ford v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• examining whether Ford’s statements “constitute[d] a command, entreaty or attempt to persuade”
• \[T]he act of solicitation may be completed before any attempt is made to commit the solicited crime.\
• “[T]he act of solicitation may be completed before any attempt is made to commit the solicited crime.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bloom v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-02-27· cited 26×
• Brooker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-10-28· cited 23×
• Attorney Grievance Commission v. Childress
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-04-19· cited 22×
• Combs v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-10-26· cited 15×
• Ostrander v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-03-18· cited 7×
• State of West Virginia v. Tyler Howard Graening
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2020-07-30
• Stephen James Kilpatrick v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-05-04
• Adam Marcus Griffin v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-02-13
• Trier Ladante Smith v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-07-29

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-21· cited 959×
• Pedersen v. City of Richmond
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-04-20· cited 69×
• Cherry v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1973-07-05· cited 33×
• Huffman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-12-04· cited 27×
• Wiseman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-11-19· cited 21×