Taylor v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing for juror’s statements of pro-police bias without discussing the degree of impact of police testimony or credibility in the case
• reversing conviction where a juror’s stated beliefs “start[ed] with the premise that he would believe a police officer over another witness”
• “In conducting our review, we consider the juror’s entire voir dire, not merely isolated statements.” (citing Vinson v. Commonwealth, 258 Va. 459, 467 (1999))
• “For that guarantee to be effective, persons accused of violating criminal laws must be provided with ‘an impartial jury drawn from a panel . . . free from exceptions.’ Every prospective juror must stand indifferent to the cause.” (quoting Breeden, 217 Va. at 300)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bruce Edison Parham v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-04-07· cited 63×
• Raymond Charles Case v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-02-11· cited 43×
• Jose Vidal Pereira v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-01-28
• Juan B. Rodriguez, s/k/a Juan Bautista Rodriguez v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-09-09
• Cory Bigsby, s/k/a Cory Jamar Bigsby v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-12-30
• James David Hazelwood v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-06-09

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Commonwealth v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-04-17· cited 850×
• Kelly v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-08-05· cited 712×
• Archer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-11-10· cited 692×
• Coleman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-09-09· cited 400×
• Wactor v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-05-28· cited 291×
• Rollston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-01-02· cited 287×
• Clanton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-03-17· cited 283×
• Davis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-10-15· cited 274×
• Hamilton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-07-20· cited 264×
• Justus v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 143×
• Breeden v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-09-02· cited 125×
• Dodge v. Dodge
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-05-06· cited 101×
• Simon v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-05-03· cited 99×
• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-04-30· cited 89×
• Toler v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-01-10· cited 88×
• Dejarnette v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1881-01-15· cited 82×
• Vinson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-11-05· cited 74×
• Lovos-Rivas v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-03-29· cited 69×
• Mullis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-01-06· cited 64×