Morgan v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that appellate court opinions should be decided on the best and narrowest grounds and should avoid dicta
• noting that appellate court opinions should be decided on the best and narrowest grounds and should avoid dicta
• noting that appellate court opinions should be decided on the best and narrowest grounds and should avoid dicta
• affirming trial court’s ruling not to allow defendant to present evidence to support “settled insanity” defense because defendant conceded his insanity was not permanent
• appellate court opinions should avoid dicta and be decided on the best and narrowest grounds
• appellate court opinions should avoid dicta and be decided on the best and narrowest grounds

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tiffany Stevens Miller v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-03-31· cited 162×
• Patrick Franklin Graves, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-01-12· cited 59×
• Shavis Donta Holloman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-08-11· cited 38×
• Andrew Gilbert Schmuhl v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-09-11· cited 22×
• Kennemore v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-12-11· cited 18×
• Traer Ramon Tisdale v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-11-17· cited 17×
• Marsh v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-02-08· cited 15×
• Hsiu Tsai v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-04-22· cited 15×
• Steven Joseph Blevins v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-08-26· cited 14×
• Wells v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-05-01· cited 9×
• Hsiu, Tsau v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-04-22
• William Winn Khine v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-09-13
• Shaquawn Demonte Warren v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-03-07
• Schmuhl v. Clarke
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2023-12-14
• Patrick Brian Stambler v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-06-23

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union
  Supreme Court· 1991-02-26· cited 368×
• Stockton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 259×
• Clark v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-29· cited 249×
• Darnell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-07-05· cited 237×
• Swisher v. Swisher & Craun
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-04-30· cited 144×
• Gaines v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-01-14· cited 95×
• Mouberry v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-01-21· cited 82×
• Newman v. Newman
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-03-02· cited 74×
• Dowdy v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-06-08· cited 71×
• LOFTON RIDGE v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-09-17· cited 65×
• Banks v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-09-30· cited 60×
• Thompson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-04-21· cited 56×
• Anzualda v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-01-25· cited 54×
• Bennett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-03-09· cited 50×
• Price v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 47×
• Gibson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-12-01· cited 44×
• Cooper v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-07-01· cited 44×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1967-10-09· cited 40×
• Bruce v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-01-02· cited 39×