Harris v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing in cases of “circumstantial evidence, much weight is given to contradictory statements of material facts by the accused”
• noting that a fact-finder may consider testimony even if it does not “exclude[e] all doubt”
• noting that proof beyond a reasonable doubt does not mean proof “beyond all doubt” and that “‘[e]vidence is seldom sufficient to establish any fact . . . beyond all doubt’” (quoting Toler v. Commonwealth, 188 Va. 774, 780, 51 S.E.2d 210, 213 (1949))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hope v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-05-22· cited 70×
• Joyce v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-10· cited 60×
• Jack Randall Young v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-07-30· cited 45×
• Hope v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-08-01· cited 8×
• Hope v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-09-15
• Commonwealth v. Bohrer
  Loudoun County Circuit Court· 2000-09-29

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-06-21· cited 125×
• Toler v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-01-10· cited 88×
• Miles v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1964-09-11· cited 87×
• Crisman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-06-13· cited 50×
• Orange v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1950-10-09· cited 33×
• Massie v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1924-11-13· cited 28×
• Omohundro v. Palmer
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1932-06-16· cited 13×
• Tinsley v. City of Richmond
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1961-04-24· cited 11×
• Leebrick v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1956-09-04· cited 10×