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.

• “Specific intent ... must be explicitly found in the statute’s language in order to establish such intent as an element of an offense.”
• constitutionality of a code section not preserved for appeal because appellant failed to comply with Code § 19.2-266.2

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Alexy J. Abdo, a/k/a Alexi J. Abdo v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-03-24· cited 91×
• Arrington v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-03-31· cited 90×
• Mouberry v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-01-21· cited 82×
• Tina Marie Bryant v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-04-25· cited 19×
• Brooks v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-12-19· cited 14×
• Marshall v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-05-03· cited 11×
• Clinton C. Quesenberry, s/k/a v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-07-08· cited 2×
• Cody W. Brewer v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-03-10
• Karen Rompalo v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-06-02
• Isaiah A. Green v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-06-16
• Moussa Moise Haba v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-06-15
• Christina M. Mollenhauer v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-07-06
• Thomas Othel Thompson, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-11-23
• Todd Moses Sorrell, Sr v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-01-18
• Craig Carnell Maryland v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-09-20
• Osman Osman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-02-14
• William Ezell Taylor v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-03-28
• Heather Ford, Sometimes Known as Heather D'Anne Ford v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-09-30
• Ronnie Ray Blanton, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-11-18
• Blake Darvin Hughes, a/k/a Blake Darin Hughes v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-05-12

Cites

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

• Higginbotham v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-10-10· cited 746×
• Jones v. Conwell
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 113×
• Guill v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-01-09· cited 107×
• Commonwealth v. Presley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-11-06· cited 106×
• Fleming v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-12-03· cited 97×
• Campbell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-08-11· cited 90×
• Campbell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-06-11· cited 52×
• Mayhew v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-06-13· cited 50×
• County of Amherst Board of Supervisors v. Brockman
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-12-03· cited 43×
• Polk v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-08-04· cited 40×
• Rasmussen v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-12-28· cited 36×
• Adkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-11-24· cited 36×
• Dixon v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-10-10· cited 35×
• Upchurch v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-11-23· cited 30×
• Barnes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-10-24· cited 22×
• Dillard v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-09-22· cited 19×
• Hucks v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-08-01· cited 18×
• Scott v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-02-08· cited 18×
• Adkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-04-21· cited 13×
• Frias v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-12-19· cited 8×