Robinson 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 “[i]ndirect or constructive contempt charges . . . are not brought summarily, but must proceed under a more formal procedure than an immediate adjudication by the court”
• considering an attorney’s failure to alert the court “of his tardiness” in the analysis affirming the sufficiency of the evidence
• “As the proceeding was not for summary contempt, the trial court was not bound by the constraints of Code § 18.2-456 and acted accordingly.”
• evidence was sufficient to find the attorney in contempt where he was late and missed his client’s hearing in court due to overscheduling himself in a way that he could not make the hearing
• finding intent a necessary element of criminal contempt
• involving nonsummary contempt proceeding for attorney’s failure to appear

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Alexy J. Abdo, a/k/a Alexi J. Abdo v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-03-24· cited 91×
• Singleton v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-11-05· cited 43×
• Andrew Becker, s/k/a Andrew Ira Becker v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-03-24· cited 34×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-06-28· cited 33×
• Priscilla Sherrie Parham v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-07-31· cited 25×
• Stephen Keith White v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-05-02· cited 17×
• Epperly v. County of Montgomery
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-10-04· cited 9×
• Scialdone v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-04-29· cited 9×
• Singleton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-10-07· cited 6×
• Scialdone v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13· cited 2×
• Shoup v. Jerro
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2005-12-22· cited 1×
• Edwards Jones, s/k/a Edward S. Jones v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13
• Barry R. Taylor v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-01-13
• Rachel Virk v. Gary L. Clements
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-08-13
• Heather Ford, Sometimes Known as Heather D'Anne Ford v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-09-30

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Canipe v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-10-14· cited 141×
• Holt v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1965-05-17· cited 97×
• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-06-17· cited 75×
• Baugh v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-05-05· cited 33×
• Jett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-02-23· cited 27×
• Murphy v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1980-07-09· cited 26×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-03-17· cited 23×
• Davis v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 23×
• Holt v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1964-06-15· cited 14×