Scott v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “The misconduct contemplated by the law [of self-defense] is not confined to the physical acts of the chief assailant, but contemplates, extends to, and includes such violent and indecent language as is well calculated to provoke a breach of the peace.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Riley
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-05-13· cited 162×
• Canipe v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-10-14· cited 141×
• Mark Lee v. Harold Clarke
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-03-20· cited 52×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-03-04· cited 51×
• State Ex Rel. Combs v. Boles
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1966-11-15· cited 40×
• State v. Foster
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1960-08-16· cited 35×
• Peoples v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1927-03-17· cited 33×
• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-03-03· cited 22×
• Bailey v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-06-16· cited 21×
• Perkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-10-13· cited 20×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-01-10· cited 16×
• Bailey v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1950-11-27· cited 13×
• State v. Smith
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-09-17· cited 11×
• Carver v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-09-07· cited 9×
• Banks v. Bradley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-09-05· cited 6×
• Clinton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1934-01-11· cited 5×
• Steel v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1931-09-17· cited 4×
• Sanderson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1958-06-16· cited 3×
• Hill v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1933-01-12· cited 1×
• Brown v. Cox
  W.D. Virginia· 1972-04-04· cited 1×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sims v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1922-11-16· cited 79×
• Combs v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1881-05-15· cited 43×
• Honesty v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1886-01-07· cited 40×
• Seay v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1923-01-18· cited 13×
• Marshall v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1924-11-13· cited 9×
• Howard v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1916-02-21· cited 2×