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.

• error to admit evidence and test results where there is a missing “vital link in the chain of possession” from seizure to testing
• error to admit certificate when there is a missing “vital link”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Washington v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 77×
• Crews v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-03-29· cited 64×
• Jeter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-01-18· cited 62×
• Reedy v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-02-06· cited 58×
• Whaley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1973-11-26· cited 57×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-12-21· cited 53×
• Thomas Pope, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-07-31· cited 52×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 52×
• Alvarez v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-05-27· cited 43×
• Herndon v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-06-10· cited 32×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-11-22· cited 29×
• Horsley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-05-06· cited 25×
• Pueblo v. Bianchi Álvarez
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1986-06-24· cited 24×
• Suttle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-02-23· cited 23×
• Hargrove v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-03-17· cited 20×
• Duncan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-19· cited 17×
• Speight v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-05-20· cited 11×
• Epps v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-03-20· cited 10×
• Dotson v. Petty
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-07· cited 7×
• Bass v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1972-03-06· cited 6×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Riser
  California Supreme Court· 1956-12-31· cited 418×
• Rodgers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-11-28· cited 52×
• Eisentrager v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1963-02-01· cited 24×