Jones v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that a fleeing suspect did not obstruct justice when he threw an incriminating object into the road in front of a pursuing officer’s vehicle because the circumstances did not prove that the object interfered with the pursuit
• interpreting “obstruction” in earlier statute to require that defendant not merely “impose or impede” an officer, but rather that he actually intended “to prevent the officer from performing his duty”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Jonathan Rogers v. M. L. Pendleton, Officer M. G. Vinyard, Officer
  Fourth Circuit· 2001-05-04· cited 208×
• Michael Thomas Wilson v. Barry A. Kittoe, and Anthony S. Tokach
  Fourth Circuit· 2003-07-22· cited 151×
• Ruckman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-10-20· cited 67×
• Shawanda S. Thorne v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-04-19· cited 62×
• Lamberto Maldonado, a/k/a Lamberto Moldanado v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-07-16· cited 49×
• Jose Ramirez v. Jefferson Sessions III
  Fourth Circuit· 2018-04-17· cited 44×
• Polk v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-08-04· cited 40×
• State v. Hudson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1990-01-03· cited 33×
• Atkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-07-14· cited 26×
• State v. Johnson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1950-05-09· cited 24×
• Smith v. Tolley
  E.D. Virginia· 1997-04-04· cited 22×
• Ware v. James City County, Virginia
  E.D. Virginia· 2009-09-04· cited 22×
• Veney v. Ojeda
  E.D. Virginia· 2004-06-15· cited 21×
• Love v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1971-11-29· cited 19×
• Robinson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-01-11· cited 19×
• Kal Robert Molinet v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-12-08· cited 14×
• State v. Jarvis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-12-14· cited 12×
• Wilson v. Kittoe
  W.D. Virginia· 2002-11-07· cited 9×
• Smith v. Ray
  E.D. Virginia· 2012-02-28· cited 6×
• Robinson v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-03-24· cited 1×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Putman v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1887-05-15· cited 7×