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.

• finding that “I ain’t got shit to say to y’all” did not constitute a sufficiently unambiguous invocation of the right to remain silent
• distinguishing between a general waiver and a limited one that applies only to a specified time period
• “A limited waiver, by its terms, will limit or specify the period to which it applies.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jerome Alexander Griffin v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-01-12· cited 18×
• Heinrich Schepers GmbH & Co. v. Whitaker
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-11-04· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Wilkins
  Suffolk County Circuit Court· 2000-08-10· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Helvenston
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2009-12-17· cited 1×
• Nicholas Lee Thomas v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-12-01
• Commonwealth v. Turner
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 2015-12-10

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Simmons v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 6,700×
• Cheng v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-06-08· cited 243×
• Washington v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 77×
• United States v. Dontay Banks, Mario Dunlap, Michael Wills, Alton Mills, Robert Gaines, Monica Boguille, and Robert Shipp
  Seventh Circuit· 1996-05-14· cited 70×
• Akers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-06-13· cited 68×
• Burket v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-11-04· cited 61×
• United States v. Malcolm Frazier
  Fourth Circuit· 1992-06-12· cited 46×
• Doss v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-12-31· cited 44×
• Giles v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-12-01· cited 42×
• Susan Tomai-Minogue v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-08-19· cited 36×
• Green v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-06-30· cited 24×
• Shavin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-11-09· cited 22×
• William L. Harris v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-12-12· cited 2×