Harper v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• reaffirming that the Sixth Amendment right of confrontation does not apply to criminal sentencing proceedings and that Moses governs the admissibility of hearsay at sentencing
• rejecting the argument that Crawford applies to sentencing and noting the United States Supreme Court has continued to treat Williams as valid precedent, even in cases decided since Crawford
• discussing federal and state cases finding no confrontation right in sentencing proceedings
• “Panel decisions may be overruled through the en banc hearing process . . . but not by other panel decisions.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hicks v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-05-29· cited 17×
• Cephas Leon Blunt v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-04-23· cited 11×
• Henderson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-06-21· cited 8×
• Martin v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2009-08-04· cited 5×
• State v. Sasha Dee Martinez
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2013-04-11· cited 4×
• Torrance Juarez Jenkins v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-12-17
• Commonwealth v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2025-11-20

Cites

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

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• United States v. Booker
  Supreme Court· 2004-10-01· cited 23,210×
• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• Blakely v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 13,994×
• Morrissey v. Brewer
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 10,835×
• Gagnon v. Scarpelli
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 5,755×
• Ohio v. Roberts
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 5,425×
• California v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-23· cited 3,363×
• Illinois v. Allen
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-06· cited 3,248×
• Williams v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1949-06-06· cited 2,766×
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
  Supreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 2,521×
• Maryland v. Craig
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-27· cited 2,040×
• United States v. Quan Chau
  Eleventh Circuit· 2005-09-27· cited 313×
• Charles William Proffitt v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender Rehabilitation
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-09-17· cited 259×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-02-03· cited 222×
• Goins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-04-19· cited 178×
• United States v. Jose Efrain Ibarra Cantellano
  Eleventh Circuit· 2005-11-15· cited 164×
• United States v. Charles C. Stone (04-6184) Dora B. Stone (04-6185)
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-12-23· cited 142×
• United States v. Devon Roche
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-07-11· cited 135×
• United States v. Luciano
  First Circuit· 2005-07-08· cited 126×