Foster 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 that “the value of the goods is an essential element of grand larceny”
• noting that the title of a statute does not give it meaning
• “[L]arceny is defined as ‘the wrongful or fraudulent taking of personal goods of some intrinsic value, belonging to another, without his assent, and with the intention to deprive the owner thereof permanently.’” (quoting Dunlavey v. Commonwealth, 184 Va. 521, 524 (1945)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Anderson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-09-12· cited 46×
• Washington v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-08-09· cited 26×
• OpenRisk, LLC v. MicroStrategy Services Corp.
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-11-13· cited 15×
• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-09-01· cited 8×
• Marquis Durrell Jennings v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-12-22· cited 8×
• Rebecca K. Taylor, s/k/a Rebecca Knight Taylor v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-01-27· cited 5×
• Washington v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-08-09
• Justin Blake Cox v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-07-06
• James Jesus Montgomery v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-07-26

Cites

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

• Toussie v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1970-03-02· cited 806×
• McBoyle v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-03-09· cited 514×
• Stogner v. California
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 356×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-06-21· cited 125×
• Westminster Investing Corp. v. Lamps Unlimited, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-04-21· cited 67×
• Dunlavey v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1945-11-19· cited 62×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-10-21· cited 61×
• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-01-14· cited 52×
• Snead v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-02-05· cited 39×
• Temple v. City of Petersburg
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1944-03-13· cited 38×
• Knight v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-03-11· cited 32×
• Bray v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-02-13· cited 28×
• Whalen v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1894-03-08· cited 27×
• Sylvestre v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-04-24· cited 22×
• Arrington v. Peoples Security Life Insurance
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-06-09· cited 17×
• Jones v. Division of Child Support Enforcement
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-11-08· cited 16×
• Davis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-06-16· cited 16×
• Benton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1893-01-26· cited 16×
• Payne v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-09-11· cited 14×
• Cook v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1941-10-13· cited 14×