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.

• holding that Code § 18.2-67.9 “requires a ‘case-specific’ showing of necessity”
• affirming the trial court’s ruling where expert opined that the child would “run out of court” if compelled to testify in person

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Boyd v. County of Henrico
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-02-24· cited 57×
• State of Iowa v. Zachariah J. Rogerson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2014-10-24· cited 48×
• Roadcap v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-12-18· cited 32×
• Joseph Altiro Turner v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-05-20· cited 7×
• Donna Jean White v. County of Henrico
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-02-24
• Dianna Lee White v. County of Henrico
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-02-24
• Thomas Fullen Williams v. Maggie Kelly Panter
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-02-04
• Lamari Najek House v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-05-19

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ohio v. Roberts
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 5,425×
• Maryland v. Craig
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-27· cited 2,040×
• Coy v. Iowa
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-29· cited 1,295×
• Watkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-01-20· cited 319×
• Juares v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-12-09· cited 150×
• Woolfolk v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-08-23· cited 110×
• Haskins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-12-07· cited 96×
• Moses v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-05-05· cited 44×
• Reynolds v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-06-29· cited 35×
• Peery v. Virginia Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1961-11-27· cited 29×
• Byers v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-11-20· cited 26×
• Santillo v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-08-17· cited 26×
• Parrish v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-08-13· cited 8×