Hunter v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a defendant was in joint constructive possession of a firearm in a vehicle’s glove box when he knew the firearm was there but another person in the vehicle had locked the glove box
• holding the evidence was sufficient to support an inference of knowledge of a firearm found in a locked glove compartment
• \[T]he only possible meaning for the phrase 'about his person' must be that the firearm is 'so connected with the person as to be readily accessible for use or surprise if desired.'\ (quoting Sutherland v. Commonwealth, 65 S.E. 15, 15 (Va. 1909))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Atkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-31· cited 85×
• Atkins v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-31· cited 2×
• Samuel Rudolph Joshua Raspberry v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-10-29
• Myers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2021-05-13
• Jaquantis Daeshon Yellock v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-01-30

Cites

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

• State v. Ross
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-07-09· cited 449×
• Bolden v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-01-11· cited 376×
• Smallwood v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-11-05· cited 199×
• Walton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-02-27· cited 169×
• Ritter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-04-27· cited 142×
• United States v. David Joe Massey
  Tenth Circuit· 1982-08-27· cited 139×
• Elliott v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-04-17· cited 113×
• Britt v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-10-31· cited 109×
• United States v. Sean Jenkins
  Third Circuit· 1996-07-26· cited 106×
• United States v. Swinney
  Eighth Circuit· 1992-07-30· cited 101×
• United States v. Robert Thomas Martinez
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-01-26· cited 99×
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Board of County Supervisors
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-12-02· cited 98×
• Burnette v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-04-20· cited 92×
• Ellis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-04-20· cited 84×
• Wright v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-11-05· cited 78×
• Myrick v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-11-26· cited 49×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13· cited 47×
• Hancock v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-12-29· cited 45×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-02-02· cited 44×
• Com. v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-06-06· cited 40×