Simpson v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• testimony of convicted felon with motive to incriminate defendant was not incredible
• “If the [trier of fact] . . . see[s] fit to base [its ruling] upon [impeached testimony] . . . there can be no relief in an appellate court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Darius Oneil Dalton v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-03-31· cited 190×
• Swanson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-07-11· cited 119×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-17· cited 110×
• Cardwell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1968-12-06· cited 79×
• Joseph v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-01-13· cited 68×
• Lockhart v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-02-20· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. McNeely
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1963-03-04· cited 31×
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Gentry
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-11-28· cited 16×
• Calfee v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1974-10-14· cited 16×
• Poole v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-10-12· cited 11×
• Simpson v. Broadway-Manhattan Taxicab Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1962-12-03· cited 6×
• Washburn v. Dana
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1957-12-02· cited 4×
• Thompson v. Letourneau
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1957-12-02· cited 4×
• Washington v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-10-26· cited 4×
• Washington v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-10-26
• Sidya v. World Telecom Exchange Communications
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2022-03-24
• Ruff v. Gathright
  W.D. Virginia· 1974-03-25
• Colas v. Tyree
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2023-01-26

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bradley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-04-25· cited 76×
• Burke v. Scott
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-03-12· cited 35×
• Clayton v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-03-10· cited 29×
• Parsons v. Parker
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1933-06-15· cited 27×
• Kirby v. Moehlman
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1944-06-22· cited 21×
• Wheeler v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-09-05· cited 21×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1944-05-01· cited 17×
• Surratt v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1948-06-14· cited 9×
• Campbell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1940-11-25· cited 8×
• Anchor Motor Freight, Inc. v. Paul
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1956-11-26· cited 5×
• Crowe v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-06-16· cited 4×