Kitze 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 failure to give a curative instruction if the prosecution made incorrect statements regarding the consequences of an insanity acquittal can result in the case being overturned
• agreeing that the jury has no right to be advised of post-sentencing events
• statement to jury that the defendant \may go free\ if they found him not guilty by reason of insanity was improper
• “[I]f the prejudicial effect of the impropriety cannot be removed by the instructions of the trial court, the [adverse party] is entitled to a new trial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Schmitt v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-06-08· cited 109×
• State of Iowa v. Mark Daryl Becker
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2012-07-20· cited 95×
• Kitze v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-09-24· cited 44×
• Andrews v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-09-16· cited 40×
• Velocity Express Mid-Atlantic, Inc. v. Hugen
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-09-12· cited 38×
• Walker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-06-17· cited 32×
• Hodges v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-06-07· cited 20×
• Lowe v. Cunningham
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-09-17· cited 19×
• David Gregory Landeck v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-03-13· cited 15×
• MacK v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-03-07· cited 8×
• Wilkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1997-02-28· cited 5×
• Kory v. McCluney
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-04-29· cited 2×
• Schmitt v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-06-08
• Christopher Todd Landeck v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-03-13
• Harris v. Schirmer
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 2016-03-07

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-10-13· cited 59×
• Saunders v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-09-01· cited 55×
• McLane v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-10-10· cited 49×
• Hinton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 45×
• Coffey v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-01-10· cited 32×
• Kitze v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-10-13· cited 7×