Humphrey v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• allowing defense of necessity to charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon where defendant was under direct attack by gunfire at the time of possession

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• LaDawn Shrieves King v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-04-07· cited 46×
• People v. Dupree
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2009-05-28· cited 33×
• Byers v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-11-20· cited 26×
• Cousins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-05-25· cited 25×
• Alger v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-03-18· cited 16×
• Waller v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-09-02· cited 5×
• Small v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2016-07-14
• State v. Mercer
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 2020-02-28
• Shaquawn Demonte Warren v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-03-07
• Akeem Rashawn Watkins v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-01-28

Cites

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

• United States v. Bailey
  Supreme Court· 1980-01-21· cited 1,333×
• Frye v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-06-13· cited 272×
• McGhee v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-11-22· cited 137×
• United States v. Edgar Cherry Gant
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-11-09· cited 113×
• Boone v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-24· cited 100×
• United States v. Lester Giles Panter
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-09-16· cited 95×
• Diffendal v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-07-18· cited 91×
• Boyd v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-11-18· cited 61×
• State v. Blache
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1985-12-02· cited 60×
• State v. Jeffrey
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1995-03-09· cited 47×
• Atkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-01-08· cited 44×
• Blake v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-02-16· cited 36×
• State v. Crawford
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-03-06· cited 34×
• State v. Castrillo
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1991-10-15· cited 31×
• Bryant v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-12-01· cited 28×
• Buckley v. City of Falls Church
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-09-06· cited 28×
• Hoar v. Great Eastern Resort Management, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-11-06· cited 24×
• Marrero v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-12-15· cited 23×
• Perkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-10-13· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. McCambridge
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-02-13· cited 17×