Owens 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 inconsistencies and inaccuracies in a witness' statement do not necessarily render the statement inherently incredible
• “The privilege protects a person from any disclosure sought by legal process against him as a witness.”

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Cited by

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

• Dowden v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-11-03· cited 206×
• Jones v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-01-15· cited 102×
• Gardner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-05-03· cited 72×
• Harper v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-01-17· cited 67×
• Cressell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-07-11· cited 61×
• Walton v. City of Roanoke
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1963-12-02· cited 59×
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-11-21· cited 49×
• Robert Bumpus v. Frank Gunter
  First Circuit· 1980-12-03· cited 45×
• Cooper v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1965-03-08· cited 40×
• Baughan v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1965-04-26· cited 38×
• Fuller v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-04-25· cited 38×
• United States v. Percy Harris
  Fourth Circuit· 1965-05-20· cited 36×
• State v. Durrant
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1963-02-18· cited 35×
• Clemmer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1968-03-04· cited 28×
• Strohecker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-09-24· cited 22×
• Plymale v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-01-25· cited 20×
• Adams v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1983-12-12· cited 18×
• Artis v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-09-01· cited 17×
• Knick v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-09-22· cited 17×
• Lynch v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-08-16· cited 16×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bram v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1897-12-13· cited 1,397×
• Sims v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1922-11-16· cited 79×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-03-19· cited 68×
• State v. Morey
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1894-01-09· cited 54×
• Briggs v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1886-11-18· cited 47×
• The People v. . Guidici
  New York Court of Appeals· 1885-11-24· cited 39×
• State v. Cohen
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1899-04-08· cited 35×
• Griggs v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1908-02-03· cited 27×
• Sanders v. Newsome
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1942-04-13· cited 14×
• Pflaster v. Town of Berryville
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1931-11-12· cited 13×
• Tillman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-04-22· cited 12×
• State v. Newman
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1904-12-02· cited 11×
• Troutner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-01-18· cited 9×
• Klyce v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1900-10-15· cited 9×
• State v. Rosenberg
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1922-07-09· cited 5×
• United States v. Butler
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina· 1877-04-15· cited 5×

Other cases named Owens v. Commonwealth

31 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-05-08· cited 44×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2017-01-27· cited 41×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1927-01-20· cited 36×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-08-27· cited 20×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1972-11-03· cited 20×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-01-20· cited 18×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-03· cited 18×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1971-03-08· cited 15×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1918-09-24· cited 14×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1920-02-27· cited 14×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1920-06-15· cited 10×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-05-05· cited 7×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1933-01-12· cited 6×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-06-10· cited 6×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-09-04· cited 5×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1968-06-28· cited 4×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1977-12-09· cited 4×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-10-10· cited 3×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-05-15· cited 3×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1929-11-12· cited 2×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1929-06-21· cited 2×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1911-09-26· cited 2×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-01-24· cited 1×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1928-02-21· cited 1×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1971-12-03· cited 1×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1925-02-20· cited 1×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1948-12-03
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1953-10-30
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-03
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-31
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1865-02-28