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.

• holding evidence of another alleged rape was inadmissible propensity evidence where only contested issue was whether alleged victim consented
• testimony defendant approached victim with a small handgun and raped and robbed her \characterizes numerous offenses by other perpetrators\ and is not so distinctive as to act as a signature
• testimony defendant approached victim with a small handgun and raped and robbed her “characterizes numerous offenses by other perpetrators” and is not so distinctive as to act as a signature
• other acts evidence irrelevant to show consent even if acts are similar
• reversible error to admit testimony of other sexual offenses
• reversible error to admit testimony of other sexual offenses

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Moeller
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1996-05-22· cited 85×
• Gonzales v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-04-12· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Minor
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-01-16· cited 50×
• Blaylock v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-02-17· cited 33×
• Shifflett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-04-20· cited 18×
• Reynolds v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-02-18· cited 14×
• Miller v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-11-03· cited 13×
• White v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-01-30· cited 9×
• People v. Jones
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2011-08-18· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Lamb
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 2015-04-24
• Jose Guadalupe Vera, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-04-11

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-10-12· cited 256×
• Sutphin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1985-12-03· cited 228×
• Lovely v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1948-08-10· cited 213×
• United States v. Martha L. Woods
  Fourth Circuit· 1973-09-12· cited 152×
• Lewis v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 131×
• Donahue v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-03-11· cited 87×
• Hawks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-10-12· cited 41×
• Henderson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-10-06· cited 29×
• Huffman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-03-11· cited 22×
• Curtis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-02-03· cited 20×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-11-18· cited 13×