Russell v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• noting reliability of criminal informant’s tip is enhanced where identity is known to police so that informer may be subject to criminal penalties if information is found to have been fabricated
• “At a hearing on a defendant’s motion to suppress, the Commonwealth has the burden of proving the challenged action did not violate the defendant’s constitutional rights.” (Emphasis added)
• “At a hearing on a defendant’s motion to suppress, the Commonwealth has the burden of proving the challenged action did not violate the defendant’s constitutional rights.” (Emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Byrd v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-10-23· cited 23×
• Reed v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-07-24· cited 22×
• Askew v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-08-20· cited 19×
• Byrd v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-02-01· cited 12×
• Byrd v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-03-09· cited 5×
• Lamont Lendell Bagley v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-02-23
• Commonwealth v. Tucker
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 2010-11-01
• Commonwealth v. Gregory
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 2015-10-30

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Illinois v. Gates
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 16,716×
• Ornelas v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-10· cited 7,197×
• United States v. Ventresca
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-01· cited 4,171×
• Alabama v. White
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 3,282×
• United States v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-28· cited 1,806×
• McGee v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-08· cited 907×
• Commonwealth v. Grimstead
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-08-05· cited 429×
• Ortega v. Christian
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-06-25· cited 258×
• United States v. Lauren Eric Wilhelm
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-04-03· cited 174×
• DePriest v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-08-04· cited 149×
• Simmons v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-06-09· cited 124×
• Bryson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-06-15· cited 53×
• Polston v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-04-17· cited 50×
• Boyd v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-04-02· cited 48×
• United States v. Yolanda Campbell
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-01-07· cited 37×
• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-01-09· cited 29×
• Polston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-05-27· cited 28×