Supreme Court of Virginia· 3/8/1971
Lewis v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 211 Va. 684
- 179 S.E.2d 506
- 1971 Va. LEXIS 242
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- failing to keep proper lookout, but no evidence of speed- ing, drinking, or recklessness
- defendant, who ran over a pedestrian at an intersection, failed to keep a proper lookout, but no evidence of speeding, drinking or recklessness
- failure to keep a proper lookout insufficient to support a conviction
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Judges: Cochran
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13 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Darnell v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-07-05· cited 237×
- Scott v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-03-29· cited 174×
- King v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1977-01-14· cited 88×
- Davis v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1985-10-11· cited 73×
- Beck v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1975-06-13· cited 42×
- Tubman v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-10-07· cited 40×
- State v. FreeSupreme Court of Vermont· 2000-02-17· cited 15×
- Crowder v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-05-18· cited 10×
- State v. CarmanNebraska Supreme Court· 2015-12-04· cited 9×
- Wyatt v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-01-10· cited 7×
- State v. RichesonWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-06-30· cited 2×
- Coyle v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-11-27· cited 1×
- Mark Spencer Cady v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-08-11
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Bell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1938-03-10· cited 103×
- Zirkle v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1949-09-07· cited 85×
- Wade v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1960-09-02· cited 33×
- Mundy v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1926-01-14· cited 33×
- Goodman v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1930-01-16· cited 32×
- Lawrence v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1943-06-14· cited 25×
- Richardson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1951-03-12· cited 23×
- Albert v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1943-10-14· cited 18×
- Henson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1936-01-16· cited 15×
- Fadely v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1967-09-08· cited 11×
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