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.

• identifying self- defense an excuse for battery

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Cited by

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

• Yarborough v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-04-22· cited 276×
• McGhee v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-11-22· cited 137×
• Adams v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-09-26· cited 100×
• Clark v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-04-15· cited 90×
• Parish v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-06-01· cited 73×
• Thomas Robert Lienau v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-09-11· cited 60×
• Carter v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2005-01-14· cited 45×
• Bennett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-05-15· cited 45×
• Banner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1963-12-02· cited 40×
• Peeples v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-10-05· cited 37×
• Zimmerman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-09-12· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Alexander
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-06-09· cited 25×
• Seegars v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-07-05· cited 24×
• Clark v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-05-12· cited 22×
• Armstead v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-12-15· cited 16×
• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-03-30· cited 15×
• Royal v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-03-18· cited 12×
• Simmons v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
  W.D. Virginia· 1990-02-28· cited 10×
• Gilbert v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-11-10· cited 9×
• Peeples v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-09-29· cited 9×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-03-19· cited 68×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-09-03· cited 49×
• Briggs v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1886-11-18· cited 47×
• Fortune v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1922-06-15· cited 37×
• Mercer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1928-03-22· cited 28×
• McReynolds v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1941-06-09· cited 23×
• James v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-09-05· cited 15×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-06-10· cited 13×
• Berkeley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1892-04-07· cited 12×
• Troutner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-01-18· cited 9×