Smith v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• Rule 3.3 of the Rules of Professional Conduct imposes on all counsel a professional duty of candor to accurately represent the record to this Court
• “A transcript of the evidence and incidents of trial, certified by the trial judge, is presumed to be correct and, in the absence of proof to the contrary, is binding upon an appellate court.”
• “Where a conviction is rendered upon a voluntary and intelligent guilty plea and a punishment fixed by law is in fact imposed in a proceeding free of jurisdictional defect, there is nothing to appeal.”
• the term “may” affords discretion for the trial judge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• William Gabriel Starrs v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-10-23· cited 5×
• David Brandon Cannaday v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-11-09
• Marcus C. Holman, s/k/a Marcus Cleophus Holman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-04-18
• Mazie Green v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-12-17
• Patrick Brian Stambler v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-06-23

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-04-17· cited 850×
• Redman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-15· cited 579×
• Parks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-10-10· cited 459×
• Porter v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-06-06· cited 300×
• Morrison v. Bestler
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-01-12· cited 225×
• Anderson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-01-14· cited 128×
• Peyton v. King
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-09-05· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-04-17· cited 40×
• Mohamed v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-04-20· cited 25×
• New Bay Shore Corp. v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-03-10· cited 23×
• Clauson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-03-09· cited 22×
• Proctor v. Town of Colonial Beach
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-01-19· cited 19×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-01-06· cited 15×
• Kelso v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-31· cited 9×
• Rushing v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-07-26· cited 6×