Saunders 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]t is peculiarly the function of the fact finder to determine what weight, if any, should be accorded [an] expert opinion” on a factual issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Walton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-02-27· cited 169×
• Commonwealth v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-11-06· cited 168×
• Elliott v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-04-17· cited 113×
• Cherrix v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-02-26· cited 92×
• Joseph v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-01-13· cited 68×
• Yarbrough v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-09-17· cited 59×
• Clarke v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-04-25· cited 56×
• Gilliam v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-01-11· cited 56×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-04-17· cited 54×
• Brown v. City of Danville
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-12-21· cited 53×
• Carter v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-06-10· cited 51×
• Atkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-01-08· cited 44×
• Blow v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-08-19· cited 29×
• Atkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-09-15· cited 28×
• Birdsong v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-03-12· cited 28×
• Mughrabi v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-08-06· cited 25×
• Maye v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-11-30· cited 20×
• Holley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-04-23· cited 16×
• Bell Atlantic Network Services v. Virginia Employment Commission
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-07-20· cited 16×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-03-24· cited 12×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Barefoot v. Estelle
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 4,617×
• McDougall v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1983-10-03· cited 975×
• Stamper v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 380×
• Edmonds v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1985-11-04· cited 261×
• Gray v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-04-24· cited 185×
• O'Dell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-01-15· cited 176×
• Watkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-06-14· cited 154×
• Clark v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 125×
• Spencer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-09-22· cited 119×
• Pope v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-09-04· cited 116×
• Quintana v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-09-09· cited 114×
• Poyner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-04-26· cited 106×
• Quesinberry v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 86×
• Stockton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 81×
• Peterson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-04-29· cited 76×
• Evans v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-03-10· cited 73×
• Pruett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-11-26· cited 72×
• Beaver v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-01-16· cited 62×
• Delong v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-11-25· cited 52×
• Edmonds v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-04-26· cited 51×