Johnson v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “Making one specific argument on an issue does not preserve a separate legal point on the same issue for review.” (quoting Edwards v. Commonwealth, 41 Va. App. 752, 760 (2003) (en banc))
• expressing unwillingness to “judicially graft” requirements into statutes “under the subtle ‘guise of judicial interpretation’” (first quoting Cent. Va. Obstetrics & Gynecology Assocs., P.C. v. Whitfield, 42 Va. App. 264, 280 (2004
• “‘Making one specific argument on an issue does not preserve a separate legal point on the same issue for review.’” (quoting Edwards v. Commonwealth, 41 Va. App. 752, 760, 589 S.E.2d 444, 448 (2003) (en banc))
• “We can only administer the law as it is written.” (quoting Uninsured Emplrs. Fund v. Wilson, 46 Va.App. 500, 506, 619 S.E.2d 476, 479 (2005))
• “‘We can only administer the law as it is written.’” (quoting Uninsured Emp’rs Fund v. Wilson, 46 Va. App. 500, 506, 619 S.E.2d 476, 479 (2005))
• “ ‘We can only administer the law as it is written.’ ” (quoting Uninsured Emp’rs Fund v. Wilson, 46 Va.App. 500, 506, 619 S.E.2d 476, 479 (2005))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Alfred Banks, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-02-14· cited 351×
• Jeffrey Nigel Carr v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-07-24· cited 34×
• Terra Nyree Hines v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-02-14· cited 25×
• Lamarr Ramon Masean Smith v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-05-17· cited 22×
• Steven Joseph Blevins v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-08-26· cited 14×
• Thomas Haynesworth v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-12-06· cited 2×
• Willie Hicks, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-12-03
• Neal Andrew Peters v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-08-04
• Anthony Brian Barnett v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-04-06
• Christina M. Mollenhauer v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-07-06
• Michael Herbert Jessee v. Michelle Evora Jessee, n/k/a Michelle Evora Griffin
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-12-14
• Kionne L. Pulley s/k/a Kionne Lydell Pulley
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-12-28
• Dwayne Allen Ray, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-02-01
• Eva Carol Belcher v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-09-27
• Dale A. Happe v. Kathryn Zimmerman
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-05-23
• Sh'Kise Fazion Cappe v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-01-16
• Lamari Najek House v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-05-19

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Commonwealth v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-04-17· cited 850×
• Edwards v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-12-09· cited 625×
• Williams v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-06-04· cited 612×
• Parks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-10-10· cited 459×
• Bolden v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-01-11· cited 376×
• Haskins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-09-14· cited 351×
• Sullivan v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-11-04· cited 297×
• Perry v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-11-04· cited 219×
• McGhee v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-11-04· cited 172×
• Floyd v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-11-22· cited 170×
• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-08-15· cited 156×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-05-24· cited 120×
• Buck v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-04-15· cited 118×
• Hamilton v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-01-15· cited 115×
• Robert W Szymczak, II v. Laura M Kane
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-08-26· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Shifflett
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-01-08· cited 110×
• West Alexandria Properties, Inc. v. First Virginia Mortgage & Real Estate Investment Trust
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-06-06· cited 101×
• Holloway v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-02-15· cited 99×
• James v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-03-31· cited 93×