Randolph 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 the test of relevance depends upon the purpose for which the evidence of the victim’s character is offered
• admissible even if accused was unaware of the specific acts at time of incident

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Cantrell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-10-18· cited 186×
• Fortini v. Murphy
  First Circuit· 2001-07-27· cited 150×
• Canipe v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-10-14· cited 141×
• Guss Maggitt v. Donald Wyrick, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary
  Eighth Circuit· 1976-04-07· cited 81×
• Tuggle v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 65×
• State v. Waller
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1991-09-10· cited 59×
• Com. v. Cary
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2006-01-13· cited 58×
• Hughes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-12-17· cited 56×
• Mattie M. Evans v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1960-03-31· cited 51×
• Lafon v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-11-30· cited 51×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-02-02· cited 44×
• Interstate Veneer Co. v. Edwards
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1950-06-15· cited 42×
• State v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1959-11-09· cited 39×
• Jordan v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-03-02· cited 33×
• Orange v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1950-10-09· cited 33×
• State v. Tribble
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1981-04-29· cited 32×
• Stover v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1971-04-26· cited 31×
• Barnes v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1973-06-11· cited 30×
• Braxton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-10-12· cited 26×
• Crumble v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-05-06· cited 21×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sims v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1922-11-16· cited 79×
• Mitchell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-03-19· cited 68×
• Burford v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1942-06-08· cited 53×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-09-03· cited 49×
• Dodson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1933-01-12· cited 36×
• Rasnake v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-01-18· cited 33×
• Nelson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1929-11-14· cited 29×
• Perkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-10-13· cited 20×
• Ferrell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1941-04-21· cited 17×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-01-10· cited 16×
• Nelson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-06-10· cited 11×
• Puckett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1931-09-17· cited 9×

Other cases named Randolph v. Commonwealth

11 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1986-09-25· cited 28×
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-03-11· cited 27×
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1926-09-23· cited 18×
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-04-30· cited 9×
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-02-22· cited 8×
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1961-04-24· cited 8×
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2018-12-07· cited 6×
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-02-04· cited 1×
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1932-04-29
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-30
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-30