Martin 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 jurors who indicate that they will not apply the correct standard of proof shall be stricken for cause
• conviction of murder of police officer reversed for error in jury selection
• if court fails to secure impartial jury for litigant, conviction must be reversed
• if court fails to secure impartial jury for litigant, conviction must be reversed
• “Proof that a prospective juror is impartial and fair, we stated, ‘“should come from him and not be based on his mere assent to persuasive suggestions.”’” (quoting Breeden, 217 Va. at 300)
• where the court held it was prejudicial error for the trial court to force a defendant to use the peremptory strikes afforded him by Code § 19.2-262 to exclude a venireman who is not free from exception

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Porter v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-06-06· cited 300×
• LeVasseur v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 272×
• Stockton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 259×
• Gray v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-04-24· cited 185×
• Watkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-06-14· cited 154×
• Phillip C. BAY, S/K/A Philip C. Bay v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-08-07· cited 141×
• Hill v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-10-10· cited 126×
• Spencer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-09-22· cited 123×
• Justus v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-10-16· cited 118×
• Pope v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-09-04· cited 116×
• Quintana v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-09-09· cited 114×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-11-26· cited 112×
• Bunch v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 107×
• Busby v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-02-03· cited 105×
• Strickler v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-04-19· cited 95×
• Stockton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 81×
• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-06-07· cited 80×
• Bennett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-11-18· cited 79×
• Glass v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-28· cited 78×
• State v. Esposito
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-08-04· cited 74×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Jurek v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,034×
• United States Ex Rel. Smith v. Baldi
  Supreme Court· 1953-02-09· cited 253×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 232×
• Justus v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 143×
• Breeden v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-09-02· cited 125×
• Roth v. Bank of the Commonwealth
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-05· cited 121×
• Waye v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-01-12· cited 95×
• Nicholas v. Fenton
  Supreme Court· 1979-05-21· cited 95×
• Gully v. Kunzman
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-04· cited 59×
• Ballard v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1931-06-18· cited 37×
• Leonard Wymer Walle v. Maurice H. Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex
  Eighth Circuit· 1972-03-23· cited 17×
• Houghtaling v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1968-10-14· cited 12×