Henshaw v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “Not only may the judge examine witnesses called by the parties,” he may also “call witnesses whom the parties have chosen not to call at all.”
• “The [HGN] test is thought to be a valid measure of blood alcohol content but is subject to criticism on the basis that its administration in the field may yield imprecise results and may be clouded by physiological processes other than intoxication.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• LeVasseur v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 272×
• Dejarnette v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1881-01-15· cited 82×
• McLane v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-10-10· cited 49×
• Carpenter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-10-13· cited 44×
• Mazer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-06-11· cited 25×
• Cooper v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1957-12-02· cited 16×
• Pinn v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-06-11· cited 15×
• Holober v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-01-15· cited 12×
• Spear v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1973-03-05· cited 12×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-04-01· cited 11×