Shell v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that “acting out of anger or rage” does not negate premeditation
• fact that defendant not informed he would be questioned about his father’s murder prior to waiving his constitutional rights did not negate otherwise valid waiver or confession

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-01-21· cited 52×
• Green v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-06-30· cited 24×
• Robertson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-09-11· cited 4×
• Douglas v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-12-06· cited 2×
• Latoya Mrytrise Robertson v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-03-19
• State v. Strong
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2009-11-25
• Commonwealth v. Accardi
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2001-12-10
• Commonwealth v. Liljegren
  Chesapeake County Circuit Court· 2014-04-22

Cites

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

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Moran v. Burbine
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-10· cited 3,339×
• Miller v. Fenton
  Supreme Court· 1985-12-03· cited 1,743×
• Colorado v. Spring
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 1,070×
• Higginbotham v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-10-10· cited 746×
• Blain v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-09-06· cited 375×
• Frye v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-06-13· cited 272×
• Traverso v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-04-05· cited 199×
• Kauffmann v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-07-11· cited 125×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-09-04· cited 78×
• Washington v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 77×
• Akers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-06-13· cited 68×
• Carolee Biddy v. Fred Diamond, Sheriff, Jackson County Jail, and Jack Reed, Warden, Mississippipenitentiary
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-07-18· cited 67×
• Giarratano v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 66×
• United States of America Ex Rel. Willie B. Henne v. James C. Fike, Warden, and Allyn R. Sielaff, Director, Etc., Respondents
  Seventh Circuit· 1977-08-02· cited 64×
• Beck v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-04-15· cited 53×
• United States v. Cecil Eugene Anthony
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-02-20· cited 49×
• Goodwin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-10-07· cited 43×
• Jefferson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-06-07· cited 39×
• Glenn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-04-03· cited 24×