George v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “The General Assembly . . . is fully capable of drafting statutes containing language that limits the Commonwealth’s options for prosecution.”
• “In construing statutes enacted by the General Assembly, we are not permitted to read into the statute limiting language that does not exist.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cole v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-08-02· cited 89×
• Doe v. VIRGINIA BOARD OF DENTISTRY
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-01-08
• Osman Osman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-10-25
• Osman Osman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-11-22
• Osman Osman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-02-14

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bordenkircher v. Hayes
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-06· cited 2,683×
• United States v. Batchelder
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-04· cited 1,568×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-21· cited 959×
• Ohree v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-01-13· cited 729×
• Archer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-11-10· cited 692×
• Edwards v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-12-09· cited 625×
• Redman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-15· cited 579×
• Muhammad v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2005-04-22· cited 379×
• Kauffmann v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-07-11· cited 125×
• Zoretic v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-10-15· cited 33×
• Mason v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-10-08· cited 30×
• Makarov v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-10-08· cited 26×
• Hensley v. City of Norfolk
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-10-10· cited 25×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-10-16· cited 24×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-09-07· cited 20×
• In Re Horan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2006-01-19· cited 18×
• Dove v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-10-07· cited 16×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-07-27· cited 9×
• Rooney v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-06-30· cited 6×