Sims v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a defendant “should not be permitted to use a bill of particulars to expand the scope of discovery in a criminal case”
• finding that the defendant, who was advised at a preliminary hearing of the specific allegations against him, did not establish prejudice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Purvy v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-12-13· cited 30×
• Walshaw v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-10-12· cited 25×
• King v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-02-11· cited 23×
• Grier v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-05-29· cited 19×
• Raja v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-06-03· cited 14×
• Joseph Louis Paduano v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-12-30· cited 12×
• Morris v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-11-07· cited 10×
• Bruhn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-02-26· cited 6×
• United States v. Gambill
  W.D. Virginia· 2016-10-07· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Waddler
  Portsmouth County Circuit Court· 2004-08-30· cited 1×
• Anthony Andre's Mackey v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-03-01
• Commonwealth v. Thasoonthorn
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2001-02-20
• Commonwealth v. Kuhne
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2010-06-01
• Commonwealth v. Goble
  Augusta County Circuit Court· 2009-04-16
• Commonwealth v. Rankin
  Portsmouth County Circuit Court· 2016-04-07
• James D. Shaw, a/k/a Roscoe James Shaw v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-01-23
• Justin Douglas Peery v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-04-07

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Lavinder v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-07-30· cited 364×
• Goins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-04-19· cited 178×
• State v. Greer
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1953-10-14· cited 119×
• Hughes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-06-21· cited 99×
• Quesinberry v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 86×
• Akers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-06-13· cited 68×
• Willis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-06-05· cited 67×
• Herchenbach v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-06-10· cited 58×
• Abdell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1939-04-10· cited 29×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1966-09-09· cited 24×
• Casper v. City of Danville
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1933-06-16· cited 5×