Schwartz 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 consideration of an appellant’s claim of trial court error on appeal was barred by Rule 5A:18 in part “because the circuit court never ruled upon his motion”
• holding that although the defendant filed a post-trial motion to set aside his convictions, “the circuit court never ruled upon his motion” and the appellate court consequently had “no ruling to review on appeal”
• holding that the appellant’s “argument [wa]s barred by Rule 5A:18 because it was not raised in the circuit court, and because the circuit court never ruled upon his motion to set aside the convictions, providing . . . no ruling to review on appeal”
• noting that appellant’s inclusion of disputed contention in his motion did not satisfy Rule 5A:18, where “the record [did] not reflect consideration or disposition of [the] motion by the circuit court”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• James Bethea, s/k/a James Willie Bethea v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-02-20· cited 29×
• Terra Nyree Hines v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-02-14· cited 25×
• Amos v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-04-09· cited 20×
• Schwartz v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-04-23· cited 11×
• Marcus C. Holman, s/k/a Marcus Cleophus Holman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-04-18

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ohree v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-01-13· cited 729×
• Marable v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-06-16· cited 458×
• Barr v. Town & Country Properties, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-09-21· cited 238×
• Weidman v. Babcock
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-01-11· cited 171×
• Jacques v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-06-04· cited 145×
• Fisher v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-06-08· cited 107×
• Tarpley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-03-02· cited 102×
• Watkins v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1934-01-11· cited 101×
• Hancock v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-07-01· cited 98×
• Hall v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-07-28· cited 96×
• Burns v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-03-02· cited 96×
• Earley v. Landsidle
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-02-26· cited 80×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-01-13· cited 74×
• Jefferson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-06-09· cited 63×
• Novak v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-05-23· cited 63×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-10-21· cited 61×
• Jordan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-05· cited 60×
• Stephens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-01-11· cited 55×
• Richardson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-09-02· cited 43×
• Burfoot v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-08-06· cited 34×