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.

• “The Commonwealth also continues to follow the common law principle that words alone are not sufficient to engender a reasonable provocation that incites passion and negates the presence of malice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

1 case in this archive cites this case.

• McKinley Juner Phillips v. State of Minnesota
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2024-06-12· cited 2×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Williams v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-06-04· cited 612×
• Pijor v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2017-12-28· cited 451×
• Jimenez v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 170×
• Breeden v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-09-02· cited 125×
• Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Watson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-01-10· cited 85×
• Rickman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2017-12-28· cited 54×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-03-04· cited 51×
• Robert & Bertha Robinson Family, LLC v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2018-03-01· cited 33×
• Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Thomas Baker Real Estate, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-04-21· cited 29×
• Wintergreen Partners, Inc. v. McGUIREWOODS
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-09-16· cited 20×
• Blankenship v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-04-21· cited 16×
• Laurence Maria Smith, s/k/a Laurence Marie Smith v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-01-16· cited 16×
• Spitzli v. Minson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-03-07· cited 14×