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.

• holding that the circumstantial evidence of a drug sale was sufficient to support the defendant’s conviction despite the fact that the informant was out of view of the officers as he traveled to and from the location set for the transaction
• holding that the fact that police did not have the informant under surveillance the entire time he was away from them did not establish a hypothesis of innocence where the circumstantial evidence established the informant obtained drugs from the defendant
• affirming drug distribution conviction based on - 24 - circumstantial evidence of criminal agency because the evidence supported a finding that the informant “could not have obtained the [controlled substance] from a source other than the defendant”
• affirming drug distribution conviction based on - 24 - circumstantial evidence of criminal agency because the evidence supported a finding that the informant “could not have obtained the [controlled substance] from a source other than the defendant”
• A meeting between the defendant and the police informant was arranged “for the purpose of purchasing drugs.”
• A meeting between the defendant and the police informant was arranged “for the purpose of purchasing drugs.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Nehemiah NMN Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-15· cited 9×
• Claudia Kathleen Pitts v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-11-08
• Dwayne Allen Ray, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-02-01
• Teresa Mary Maust v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-05-30

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Buchanan v. Buchanan
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-10· cited 469×
• McGee v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-06-16· cited 98×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-05· cited 75×
• Mullis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-01-06· cited 64×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-01-28· cited 55×
• Gordon v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1971-10-11· cited 48×
• Gabbard v. Knight
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-09-02· cited 44×
• Goodwin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-12-04· cited 42×
• Russell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-04-23· cited 30×
• Mason v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-04-20· cited 23×
• Bland v. City of Richmond
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-10-10· cited 21×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-10-12· cited 18×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-05-03· cited 8×
• McClenny v. Murray
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-06-11· cited 8×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-12-13· cited 3×