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.

• “A statute should, if possible, be construed to “ ‘effect rather than defeat a legislative purpose evident from the history of the legislation.” ’ ” (citations omitted)

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Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Edwards v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-12-09· cited 625×
• Davis Memorial Hospital v. West Virginia State Tax Commissioner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2008-10-14· cited 33×
• Cutright v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-08-17· cited 28×
• Young v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-03-01· cited 5×
• Henry Magruder Williams v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-07-02· cited 5×
• Bristol v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-01-31· cited 3×
• Bristol v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-05-03· cited 3×
• Bristol v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-05-31· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Borek
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 2005-08-04· cited 2×
• Edwards v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-05-13
• Commonwealth v. Vick
  Southampton County Circuit Court· 2001-01-29
• Commonwealth v. Thompson
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 2005-11-10

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Higginbotham v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-10-10· cited 746×
• Jones v. Conwell
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 113×
• Ansell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-01-12· cited 110×
• Cluverius v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1886-05-06· cited 66×
• Haskell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-04-21· cited 62×
• Penn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-12-10· cited 59×
• Mayhew v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-06-13· cited 50×
• Ambrogi v. Koontz
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-12-03· cited 40×
• Durant v. City of Suffolk
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-21· cited 38×
• Penn v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-09-18· cited 33×
• Berkeley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-11-29· cited 31×
• Thomas v. Town of Marion
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-10-14· cited 29×
• Galliher v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1933-09-21· cited 25×
• Castillo v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-12-29· cited 21×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-06-23· cited 21×
• Scott v. Scott
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-07-27· cited 20×
• Duck v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-08-22· cited 10×
• State v. Rizzo
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1993-04-21· cited 4×