Hughes v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• finding a jury instruction is proper “if supported by more than a scintilla of evidence” (quoting Commonwealth v. Sands, 262 Va. 724, 729 (2001))
• affirming three brothers’ malicious wounding by mob convictions when “[tJheir actions in attacking various individuals clearly indicate[d] that they were acting collectively with the intent to assault”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Haskins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-09-14· cited 351×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-05-24· cited 120×
• Jadeen Keivon Person v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-03-24
• Lamari Najek House v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-05-19

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Higginbotham v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-10-10· cited 746×
• Marable v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-06-16· cited 458×
• Barrett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-03-07· cited 195×
• Commonwealth v. Sands
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-11-02· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Vaughn
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-01-11· cited 112×
• Commonwealth v. Presley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-11-06· cited 106×
• Hatcher v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-03-03· cited 80×
• Graham v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-03-07· cited 63×
• Bailey v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1958-06-16· cited 62×
• Harrell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-09-04· cited 55×
• Snow v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-11-21· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Donkor
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-11-06· cited 46×
• 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×
• Commonwealth v. Alexander
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-06-09· cited 25×