Poole v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “But the prosecution may introduce evidence of a prior crime to attack a defendant’s 11 character if he has attempted to show his good character or has testified in his own behalf and opened the door to impeachment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-10-12· cited 256×
• Hines v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-04-22· cited 29×
• White v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-03-19· cited 14×
• Montgomery v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1973-11-26· cited 7×
• White v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-04-24

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Griffin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-28· cited 4,680×
• Griffin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 4,088×
• Dejarnette v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1881-01-15· cited 82×
• Simpson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1957-12-02· cited 47×
• Roy v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-01-15· cited 28×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1924-11-13· cited 4×