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.

• holding that the defendant luring the victim into his home and bedroom based on a false impression was not inherent to the attempted rape
• holding that the defendant’s deception of the victim in luring her to his bedroom proved abduction and the subsequent attempted rape was a separate crime
• recognizing that it is the factfinder’s responsibility to “resolve conflicting accounts within a witness’ testimony”
• recognizing that factors such as a “‘victim’s youth, fright and embarrassment [may] provide[] the jury with an acceptable explanation’ for a victim’s otherwise unexplainable statements or actions” (alterations in original
• noting that “a ‘victim’s youth, fright and embarrassment [may] provide[]’” the trier of fact “‘with an acceptable explanation’ for a victim’s otherwise unexplainable statements or actions” (alterations in original
• luring victim into bedroom under false pretenses and locking the door was not intrinsic to the ensuing attempted rape

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Manneh Vay v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-01-31· cited 156×
• Donald Keith Epps v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-05-31· cited 28×
• Donte Lavell Brooks v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-03-26· cited 14×
• Charles C. Girard, s/k/a Charles Cornell Girard v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-04-12· cited 1×
• Roberto Tyrone Chatman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-03-26
• Travis Alexander Bland Henderson, s/k/a Travis Alexander Bland-Henderson v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-04-11
• Clifton Haley Harper, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-04-11
• Michael Timothy Johnson v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-01-07
• Juan B. Rodriguez, s/k/a Juan Bautista Rodriguez v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-09-09

Cites

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

• Commonwealth v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-04-17· cited 850×
• Sandoval v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-04-04· cited 495×
• Parks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-10-10· cited 459×
• Rollston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-01-02· cited 287×
• Barrett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-03-07· cited 195×
• Cooper v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-08-11· cited 174×
• Government of the Virgin Islands v. Warren P. Berry. Appeal of Warren Berry. Appeal of Guillermo Brignoni
  Third Circuit· 1979-08-07· cited 152×
• Schneider v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-11-27· cited 148×
• Corvin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-11-19· cited 128×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-11-27· cited 121×
• Swanson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-07-11· cited 119×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-07-12· cited 108×
• Cardwell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-11-04· cited 93×
• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-04-30· cited 89×
• Castaneda v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-01-17· cited 88×
• Durham v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1973-08-30· cited 80×
• Powell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-06-08· cited 68×
• Hoke v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-03-03· cited 61×
• Belton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1958-06-16· cited 55×
• Phoung v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-12-15· cited 54×