Jefferson v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that, for violations of Code § 18.2-53.1, “[t]he predicate and subsequent offenses may be prosecuted in the same proceeding”
• “Defense counsel’s failure to appear required a continuance as effectively as though defense counsel had moved for a continuance.”
• “We perceive no reason to invoke the ‘ends of justice’ exception. The sentence is not excessive on its face.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Brittle v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-08-11· cited 161×
• Jefferson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-05-08· cited 1×
• Jefferson v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-05-08
• Jacques Lamar Walker v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-04-05
• Commonwealth v. Norton
  Isle of Wight County Circuit Court· 2001-03-13

Cites

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

• Townes v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-11-25· cited 187×
• Francis v. Francis
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-09-14· cited 152×
• Ragland v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-08-17· cited 133×
• Godfrey v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-06-15· cited 76×
• Brooks v. Peyton
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-12-01· cited 64×
• Baity v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-06-15· cited 64×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-11-01· cited 63×
• Ballance v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-09-05· cited 60×
• Cantwell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-05· cited 50×
• Miller v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-04-22· cited 43×
• Holliday v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-01-20· cited 43×
• Moten v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-12-06· cited 37×
• Arnold v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-04-19· cited 36×
• Baker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-08· cited 32×
• Adkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-01-21· cited 26×
• Arnold v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-10-24· cited 25×
• Nelms v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-02-05· cited 24×
• Clark v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-03-03· cited 24×
• Baker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-12-16· cited 23×
• Mason v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-04-20· cited 23×