Reed 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 a certificate of analysis was sufficient to convict defendant
• holding the evidence was sufficient based on a certificate of analysis
• stating that “police properly may give more weight to” information provided by “a disinterested citizen” who has witnessed criminal activity than they would give to a tip from a “‘criminal’ informer, whose motives are less likely to be pure”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-10-06· cited 8×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-02-04· cited 7×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-07-29· cited 6×
• Lamont Lendell Bagley v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-02-23
• Thomas Othel Thompson, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-11-23
• Commonwealth v. Berry
  Salem County Circuit Court· 2004-08-18
• Thomas Wesley Hollingsworth v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-11-25

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Adams v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 5,118×
• Alabama v. White
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 3,282×
• United States v. Hensley
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-08· cited 2,340×
• Florida v. J. L.
  Supreme Court· 2000-03-28· cited 1,787×
• Florida v. JL
  Supreme Court· 2000-03-28· cited 1,350×
• McGee v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-08· cited 907×
• Fore v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 284×
• Goins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-04-19· cited 178×
• Greene v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-02-01· cited 97×
• Parker v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-01-09· cited 85×
• Jefferson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-03-31· cited 60×
• Polston v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-04-17· cited 50×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-03-21· cited 30×
• Russell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-10-24· cited 29×
• Polston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-05-27· cited 28×
• Harris v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-08-29· cited 19×