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 that the defendant was not entitled to jury instruction on defense of others where he defended an inmate during a fight the inmate instigated
• “[A] trial judge may not refuse to grant a proper, proffered instruction if evidence in the record supports the defendant’s theory of defense.”
• \[T]he amount of force used to defend oneself must not be excessive and must be reasonable in relation to the perceived threat.\
• defendant entitled to instruction on defense of others if supported by evidence in the record
• “[T]he amount of force used to defend oneself must not be excessive and must be reasonable in relation to the perceived threat.” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lynn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-05-12· cited 96×
• Carlos Matthew Bell v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-08-02· cited 57×
• Russell Ervin Brown, III v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-05-22· cited 50×
• LaDawn Shrieves King v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-04-07· cited 46×
• Herbin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-08-18· cited 28×
• Hampton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-02-27· cited 13×
• Yeager v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-07-20· cited 13×
• Dalton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-03-16· cited 10×
• Goodwin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-11-19· cited 9×
• Dalton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-05-19· cited 7×
• Thomas Robert Lienau v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-10-16
• Rebecca Jones Richard v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-12-08
• Rae'quan Xavier Dandridge v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-01-12
• Colas v. Tyree
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2023-01-26
• Jadeen Keivon Person v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-03-24

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Diffendal v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-07-18· cited 91×
• Belton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1958-06-16· cited 55×
• Perricllia v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-03-08· cited 46×
• Newberry v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1950-10-10· cited 46×
• Cooper v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-07-01· cited 44×
• Delacruz v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-11-20· cited 33×
• Stanley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1887-12-17· cited 28×
• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-03-18· cited 19×
• Hodges v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1892-07-06· cited 15×
• State v. Saunders
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-05-29· cited 9×