Patterson 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 Code § 19.2-303 does not apply when a defendant receives a fully suspended DOC sentence because it would be illogical to give a court the authority “to ‘suspend’ a portion of a sentence that has already been suspended”
• noting that Code § 19.2-303 permits a court to shorten, but not lengthen, a previously imposed period of incarceration under narrowly defined circumstances
• noting that the sentencing order following a conviction was the final order

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kenneth A. Stokes, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-01-15· cited 54×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-08-18· cited 31×
• Thomas Clayton Baldwin, s/k/a, etc. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-07-06· cited 31×
• Hardesty v. Hardesty
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-05-27· cited 18×
• Harris v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-11-02· cited 16×
• Dennis Holland v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-10-22· cited 16×
• Askew v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-12-12· cited 10×
• Neely v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-11-09· cited 7×
• Draghia v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-06-30· cited 2×
• Demetrius Lamont Neely v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-04-12
• Thomas Clayton Baldwin, Sr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-07-06

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hubbard v. Henrico Ltd. Partnership
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-02-27· cited 117×
• Anderson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1944-05-01· cited 102×
• In Re Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Corrections
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-09-11· cited 80×
• Dyke v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-03-10· cited 68×
• Cartwright v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-03-12· cited 55×
• HCA Health Services of Virginia, Inc. v. Levin
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-06-09· cited 43×
• Russnak v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-05-08· cited 43×
• Powell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1944-01-24· cited 37×
• Robertson v. Superintendent of Wise Correctional Unit
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-06-10· cited 34×
• Gough v. Shaner
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-11-28· cited 33×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-04-04· cited 29×
• Esparza v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-04-27· cited 29×
• Harris v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-06-11· cited 27×
• Frere v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-01-03· cited 23×
• Simmers v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-12-04· cited 22×
• Murphy v. Norfolk Community Services Board
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-09-15· cited 10×