Hunt 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 defendant was not entitled to a voluntary manslaughter instruction where his actions did not kill the - 5 - victim and, therefore, whether he acted in the heat of passion was irrelevant
• a judge's failure to follow the sentencing guidelines is not reviewable on appeal
• trial court properly refused to remove juror when juror revealed during the trial that she knew - 10 - members of the victim's family, but that this would not affect the juror's ability to provide the defendant with a fair trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Luttrell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-02-17· cited 46×
• Nelson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-12-02· cited 27×
• Yellardy v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-04-02· cited 23×
• Green v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-01-27· cited 21×
• Alexander v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-01-12· cited 14×
• State v. Crittenden
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2009-02-13· cited 13×
• Willis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-12-18· cited 12×
• Hyde v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2015-03-13· cited 11×
• Dalton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-03-16· cited 10×
• State v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2008-11-21· cited 7×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rollston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-01-02· cited 287×
• Frye v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-06-13· cited 272×
• Lea v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-04-27· cited 228×
• Pugliese v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-03-09· cited 207×
• Satcher v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-09-18· cited 188×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-01-21· cited 176×
• Buchanan v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-09-22· cited 139×
• McClung v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-03-10· cited 89×
• Brandau v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-05-25· cited 70×
• Belcher v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-09-14· cited 37×
• Hudson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-04-03· cited 30×
• Bunn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-02-06· cited 26×
• Wooden v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1968-03-04· cited 19×