Love 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 thirteen-year-old victim’s seven-year delay in reporting ongoing sexual abuse did not render her testimony inherently incredible
• holding that thirteen-year-old victim’s seven-year delay in reporting ongoing sexual abuse did not render her testimony inherently incredible
• holding that 13-year-old victim’s 7-year delay in reporting ongoing sexual abuse did not render her testimony inherently incredible
• holding that the victim’s seven-year delay in reporting abuse did not render her testimony inherently incredible
• holding that a seven-year delay in reporting did not render the victim’s testimony inherently incredible
• holding that a 13-year-old victim’s 7-year delay in reporting ongoing sexual abuse did not render her testimony inherently incredible

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-07-12· cited 108×
• Moore v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1997-09-12· cited 98×
• Horton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-04-17· cited 49×
• Jett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-02-23· cited 27×
• Dickerson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-07-03· cited 22×
• Crump v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-08-08· cited 13×
• Jett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-07-14· cited 6×
• State v. P.H.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2002-08-02· cited 6×
• State v. PH
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2002-08-02
• Carlos Artur Alvarez Saucedo v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-10-29
• Daniel Torres Cruz, Sometimes Known as Daniel Torres-Cruz v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-05-20
• Juan B. Rodriguez, s/k/a Juan Bautista Rodriguez v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-09-09

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Traverso v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-04-05· cited 199×
• Fisher v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-10-12· cited 162×
• Corvin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-11-19· cited 128×
• State v. Kish
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-04-27· cited 121×
• Zirkle v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-09-07· cited 85×
• Ryan v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 65×
• Mullis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-01-06· cited 64×
• State v. Brown
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1987-05-15· cited 57×
• State v. Fraction
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1985-12-16· cited 30×
• Rowland v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1927-01-20· cited 15×
• Lawson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-09-17· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Benoit
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1988-12-08· cited 9×
• State v. Thompson
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1977-12-27· cited 9×
• Partain v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1985-05-17· cited 8×