Lee v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “The accused may show in a homicide case, when he relies upon a plea of self-defense and has supported his plea with some evidence, the reputation or character of the deceased for violence and turbulence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Thomason v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1941-11-24· cited 25×
• Harrison v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1884-09-18· cited 18×