Fortune v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• noting conspiracy has two elements: (1) the actus reus, an agreement between people, and (2) the mens rea, the intent to achieve an unlawful act
• noting conspiracy has two elements: (1) the actus reus, an agreement between people, and (2) the mens rea, the intent to achieve an unlawful act
• reversing the conspiracy conviction when the other parties to the alleged agreement never intended to actually distribute drugs
• \agreement\ with government agent insufficient to support conviction for conspiracy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Scott v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-03-29· cited 174×
• United States v. Andrew Scott Morin, A/K/A Scott Morris, United States of America v. Andrew Scott Morin, A/K/A Scott Morris
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-04-05· cited 60×
• Valentine v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-05-03· cited 51×
• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-03-05· cited 36×
• McQuinn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-12-13· cited 31×
• Terra Nyree Hines v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-02-14· cited 25×
• United States v. Valigura
  Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 2000-09-25· cited 19×
• Rock v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-03-15· cited 9×
• United States v. Jones
  E.D. Virginia· 1999-01-26· cited 9×
• Saunders v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-01-18· cited 8×
• Logan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-08-03· cited 6×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-12-23· cited 4×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-08-03· cited 1×
• McQuinn v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-03-24
• United States v. Morin
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-04-05
• Graham v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-05-03
• Little & Tall, Inc. v. Alcohol Beverage Control Board
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-07-02

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Joseph A. Chase, United States of America v. Robert H. Parrish, United States of America v. Wyatt J. Roy, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 1967-01-26· cited 176×
• United States v. Hilda Escobar De Bright
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-09-18· cited 146×
• Burns v. Board of Sup'rs of Stafford County
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-04-27· cited 84×
• Falden v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-01-14· cited 82×
• ABOD v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-10-07· cited 75×
• Zuniga v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-12-20· cited 68×
• Cartwright v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-03-12· cited 55×
• Amato v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-01-06· cited 53×
• State v. Marian
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1980-05-28· cited 25×
• Reed v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1973-03-05· cited 21×
• McFadden v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-10-07· cited 19×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-03-07· cited 11×
• Perry v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1967-09-08· cited 9×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-03-06· cited 2×