Mitchell 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 a fact included in an indictment is surplusage if it is not legally necessary to the charge
• compare Webb and Mitchell with Patterson, supra
• barring ultimate issue opinion by non-expert

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Webb v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1963-01-14· cited 155×
• Powell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-06-08· cited 68×
• Harper v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-01-17· cited 67×
• State v. McGraw
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1955-03-01· cited 53×
• Hairston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-05-06· cited 50×
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-11-21· cited 49×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-09-03· cited 49×
• Hawks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-10-12· cited 41×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-08· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Fostar
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-01-24· cited 39×
• Ramsey v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1958-10-13· cited 36×
• Purvy v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-12-13· cited 30×
• Patterson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-09-02· cited 28×
• Wessells v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1935-06-13· cited 25×
• Gardner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-06-08· cited 24×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1966-09-09· cited 24×
• Griffin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-12-17· cited 24×
• King v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-02-11· cited 23×
• Etheridge v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-12-01· cited 23×
• Hannah v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1929-09-19· cited 23×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Edgington v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1896-11-30· cited 213×
• Coffin v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1896-05-04· cited 100×
• Briggs v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1886-11-18· cited 47×
• Fulford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1874-01-15· cited 44×
• Dow v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1897-09-13· cited 41×
• Cochran v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1917-11-15· cited 33×
• Twining v. United States
  Third Circuit· 1905-12-11· cited 20×
• Hanney v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1887-05-09· cited 19×
• State v. Bouknight
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1899-06-22· cited 18×
• State v. Hudson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1923-03-27· cited 18×
• Stamper v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1897-10-15· cited 15×
• People v. Myers
  California Supreme Court· 1862-07-01· cited 13×
• State v. Flynn
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1909-03-01· cited 13×
• Graves v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1897-02-15· cited 9×
• Troutner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-01-18· cited 9×
• Raymond v. People
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1881-10-06· cited 1×

Other cases named Mitchell v. Commonwealth

48 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1995-08-24· cited 64×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-22· cited 33×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1989-10-19· cited 30×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-06-24· cited 27×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-08-31· cited 23×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1889-03-12· cited 19×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1989-10-19· cited 17×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1880-11-15· cited 14×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1879-12-09· cited 14×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1928-06-12· cited 13×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1899-05-17· cited 12×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-11-10· cited 11×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1879-11-29· cited 11×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-02-20· cited 10×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1925-01-16· cited 9×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1922-10-03· cited 8×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2017-12-22· cited 7×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1931-09-29· cited 6×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-08-30· cited 6×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-09-01· cited 5×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2010-03-05· cited 5×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1931-03-13· cited 5×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1893-03-30· cited 5×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1973-02-16· cited 4×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1924-11-13· cited 4×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-05-07· cited 4×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1955-06-03· cited 3×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2007-08-17· cited 2×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1929-01-25· cited 2×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-04-23· cited 2×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1941-11-24· cited 2×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1950-04-25· cited 2×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1930-01-17
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1925-12-18
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1973-06-15
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-05-13
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-08-21
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  General Court of Virginia· 1829-06-15
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1880-04-22
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1934-02-23
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1876-09-07
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1880-03-15
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1880-03-15
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1880-03-15
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1880-03-15
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1880-03-15
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1880-03-15
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2023-09-21