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.

• affirming conviction for “keeping a house of ill fame” based on circumstantial evidence showing the defendant knew that “the proceeds of [his wife’s] earnings [from prostitution] went in part to the [house owner] and [were] used in the maintenance of [his residence]”
• “The status of the accused may be established both by circumstantial evidence and by direct evidence.”
• “The status of the accused may be established both by circumstantial evidence and by direct evidence.”
• presence during the commission of a crime in connection with other circumstances showing an intent to aid and abet supports a determination that criminal intent existed
• “Every person who is present at the commission of a [crime], encouraging or inciting the same by words, gestures, looks, or signs, or who in any way, or by any means, countenances or approves the same is, in law, assumed to be an aider and abettor, and is liable as principal.”
• “Every person who is present at the commission of a [crime], encouraging or inciting the same by words, gestures, looks or signs, or who in any way, or by any means, countenances or approves the same is, in law, assumed to be an aider and abettor . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pugliese v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-03-09· cited 207×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1967-12-04· cited 116×
• Sutton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-01-18· cited 101×
• Thomas v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-01-15· cited 87×
• Moehring v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-04-30· cited 52×
• Allard v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-01-28· cited 48×
• Spradlin v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-01-25· cited 48×
• McGhee v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-10-10· cited 41×
• Gaskill v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1965-10-11· cited 39×
• Myers v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-05-25· cited 38×
• State Ex Rel. Brown v. Thompson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1965-06-15· cited 35×
• Jeffrey Nigel Carr v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-07-24· cited 34×
• Osborne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-10-23· cited 27×
• Hensley v. City of Norfolk
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-10-10· cited 25×
• Moore v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-22· cited 23×
• Turnbull v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-10-10· cited 22×
• Tolley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-10-10· cited 22×
• State v. Davis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1954-03-30· cited 19×
• Dunn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-09-09· cited 18×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-05-31· cited 18×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Triplett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-03-19· cited 81×
• Kemp v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1885-04-16· cited 25×
• James v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1941-09-10· cited 23×
• Shiflett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1928-11-15· cited 7×