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.

• \While certain conduct might be construed to fall within the definitions of both \use\ and \display,\ the two words are not synonymous. The definition of neither necessarily includes the definition of the other.\
• “While certain conduct might be construed to fall within the definitions of both “use” and “display,” the two words are not synonymous. The definition of neither neces sarily includes the definition of the other.”
• permitting discretion to prosecute \under either of two parallel statutes\

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Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Moore v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-03-20· cited 19×
• Hodges v. COM., DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-02-15· cited 17×
• Dezfuli v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-03-29· cited 15×
• George v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-01-15· cited 10×
• Floyd v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-12-21· cited 10×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-07-27· cited 9×
• Dalton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-05-19· cited 7×
• Wolfe v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-04-13· cited 5×
• Bishop v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-01-23· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Carter
  Virginia Beach County Circuit Court· 1995-05-01
• Commonwealth v. Turner
  Salem County Circuit Court· 1997-06-25
• Dean Anton Vitasek v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-01-13

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kauffmann v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-07-11· cited 125×
• Miller v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-09-01· cited 68×
• Mason v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-10-08· cited 30×
• Harrison v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-06-04· cited 15×