Simmons v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 89 Va. 156
- 15 S.E. 386
- 1892 Va. LEXIS 83
Syllabus
<p>Indictment—Record of finding.—No mini can be tried for a felony in the courts of this commonwealth except upon an indictment of a grand jury; and no man can be considered as indicted unless it appear of record that an indictment against him was delivered in open court, and the fact recorded. Cawood’s Case., 2 Va. Cases 527.</p>
How courts have described this case
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- “[T]he indictment, to be valid, must be presented in open court, and the fact recorded.”
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Judges: Lewis
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Cunningham v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia· 1964-04-27· cited 72×
- Sullivan v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1931-11-12· cited 46×
- Donald Keith Epps v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-05-31· cited 28×
- Renigar v. United StatesFourth Circuit· 1909-06-03· cited 26×
- Hanson v. SmythSupreme Court of Virginia· 1944-11-20· cited 23×
- Reed v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia· 2011-03-04· cited 9×
- Peak v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1938-11-21· cited 9×
- Groety v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1923-01-18· cited 8×
- James C. Howard, Jr. v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-08-05· cited 7×
- Turner v. CommonwealthNorfolk County Circuit Court· 2015-06-12· cited 1×
- Commonwealth v. OstranderChesapeake County Circuit Court· 2016-05-17
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