Hagy 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 evidence that suggests the likelihood of guilt because of a propensity to commit such a crime is inadmissible
• Error to admit in a trial for murdering a 22 month old child, evidence that the accused had “twisted the arms and feet” of another child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Jones
  U S Air Force Court of Military Review· 1987-10-23· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 1982-11-05
• Commonwealth v. Foreman
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 1999-09-21

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Larry W. Masters
  Fourth Circuit· 1980-05-22· cited 343×
• Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-10-12· cited 256×
• United States v. Martha L. Woods
  Fourth Circuit· 1973-09-12· cited 152×
• Moore v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-06-12· cited 65×
• Eccles v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1973-06-11· cited 52×
• Cumbee v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-04-20· cited 20×
• Brooks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-10-05· cited 19×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-09-11· cited 3×