King v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that for the felony-murder doctrine to be used to convict for murder, “ ‘the killing must have been done by the defendant or an accomplice or confederate or by one acting in furtherance of the felonious undertaking’ ”
• “Criminal statutes are to be ‘strictly construed against the Commonwealth and in favor of [a] citizen’s liberty’ ”
• only acts causing death which are committed by those involved in the felony can be the basis for a conviction
• An airline pilot hit turbulence, resulting in the injury and death of a passenger. The pilot possessed marijuana at that time. The court reversed the pilot’s felony-murder conviction because it found no causal link between his marijuana possession and the resulting death.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Engberg v. Meyer
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1991-10-17· cited 84×
• Bouwkamp v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1992-06-02· cited 67×
• State v. Wesson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1990-12-07· cited 36×
• Mejia v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-09-10· cited 33×
• Berkeley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-11-29· cited 31×
• Battle v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-06-11· cited 26×
• Frere v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-01-03· cited 23×
• Barnes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-10-24· cited 22×
• State v. Branson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1992-08-07· cited 22×
• Bishop v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-04-11· cited 21×
• Spain v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-11-15· cited 21×
• Griffin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-09-12· cited 20×
• Mosby v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-03-04· cited 20×
• State v. Harding
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2017-04-25· cited 19×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-12-01· cited 17×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-06-29· cited 16×
• Allen v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-03-12· cited 16×
• Brooks v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-02-07· cited 14×
• Rivers v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-12-19· cited 12×
• Talbert v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-10-19· cited 12×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Redline
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-01-10· cited 229×
• People v. Antick
  California Supreme Court· 1975-08-26· cited 202×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-12-02· cited 180×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Smith v. Myers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-01-30· cited 143×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-10-15· cited 68×
• Haskell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-04-21· cited 62×
• Wooden v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-12-04· cited 59×
• Heacock v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 56×
• State v. Canola
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1977-04-07· cited 56×
• State v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1980-11-12· cited 41×
• Berry v. City of Chesapeake
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-01-20· cited 27×
• People v. Ulsh
  California Court of Appeal· 1962-12-21· cited 6×