Strohecker v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the rule against hearsay has “been the law in Virginia since 1795”
• affirming the trial court’s refusal to suspend execution of the defendant’s sentence until this Court had acted on his pending appeal
• “An intent to steal is not, however, an element of extortion.”

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Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Groves v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-06-19· cited 55×
• Lynch v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-08-16· cited 16×
• Smithfield Foods v. United Food and Commercial
  E.D. Virginia· 2008-10-14· cited 11×
• Askew v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-12-12· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Richmond County Circuit Court· 1999-06-25
• James Thomas Curry v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-04-01

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• O'Dell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-01-15· cited 176×
• Butts v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1926-06-17· cited 117×
• Pierce v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1964-09-11· cited 89×
• Hubbard v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-01-10· cited 89×
• Saunders v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-11-30· cited 78×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-05· cited 75×
• Evans v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-03-10· cited 73×
• Wolfe v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-08-02· cited 57×
• Doe v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-06-15· cited 52×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-09-03· cited 49×
• Cross v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-09-10· cited 47×
• Stein v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-03-12· cited 42×
• Foley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-05-02· cited 34×
• Davis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-03-17· cited 22×
• Dowell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-05-03· cited 18×
• James v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-09-05· cited 15×
• United States v. Milton Teplin
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-10-30· cited 13×
• State v. Bruce
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1844-05-15· cited 13×
• Woodward v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1993-06-25· cited 6×
• Ramey v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1926-06-24· cited 6×

Other cases named Strohecker v. Commonwealth

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Strohecker v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-02-08· cited 8×
• Strohecker v. Commonwealth
  Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas· 1988-09-12