Pierce 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 use of a trap gun to protect a store would justify a finding of second-degree murder

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Davis v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-10-11· cited 73×
• Noell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-01-18· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Pestinikas
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-12-10· cited 47×
• Palmer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-11-12· cited 46×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1948-11-22· cited 33×
• Crockett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1948-04-26· cited 31×
• Rogers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1944-10-09· cited 27×
• Katko v. Briney
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1971-02-09· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Beverly
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1931-01-20· cited 12×
• Bolyard v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-11-13· cited 8×
• Mosby v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-03-11· cited 5×
• Watson-Scott v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2019-12-12
• Allison v. Fiscus
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1951-07-18

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Noell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-01-18· cited 54×
• Fortune v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1922-06-15· cited 37×
• Parrish v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1884-11-28· cited 22×
• State v. Carpio
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1921-07-20· cited 20×
• State v. Marfaudille
  Washington Supreme Court· 1907-12-18· cited 15×
• Stoneham v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1889-11-14· cited 6×