Perkins v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that a willful touching is not a battery if it is “justified or excused”
• noting that sitting as the finder of fact, the trial court “may accept or reject the testimony” of any witness “in whole or in part”
• noting that the finder of fact, “who determines the credibility of the witnesses and the weight accorded their testimony, may accept or reject the testimony in whole or in part”
• “Assault and battery is ‘the least touching of another, willfully or in anger.’ ”
• “The fact finder, who determines the credibility of the witnesses and the weight accorded their testimony, may accept or reject the testimony in whole or in part.”
• “The fact finder, who determines the credibility of the witnesses and the weight accorded their testimony, may accept or reject the testimony in whole or in part.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Koffman v. Garnett
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-01-10· cited 106×
• Parish v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-06-01· cited 73×
• State v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2020-07-24· cited 41×
• United States v. White
  Fourth Circuit· 2010-06-01· cited 35×
• VELASQUEZ
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2010-07-01· cited 15×
• Hill v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-10-16· cited 3×
• Winston Manual Perez Hernandez v. US (Opinion)
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2019-05-09· cited 3×
• Pleasants v. Town of Louisa
  W.D. Virginia· 2012-03-12· cited 2×
• United States v. Doss
  W.D. Virginia· 2011-08-27
• Mark Spencer Cady v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-08-11
• Colas v. Tyree
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2023-01-26
• Jose Saul Grimaldo v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-10-08

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bridgeman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-12-16· cited 239×
• Speight v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-03-17· cited 101×
• Wood v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1927-11-17· cited 78×
• Gnadt v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-04-14· cited 42×