Thomas v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• acknowledging that Virginia's death penalty statute provides for \individualized consideration\ of capital defendants because age is a \statutorily prescribed mitigating factor the jury may consider\ in sentencing
• acknowledging that Virginia’s death penalty statute provides for “individualized consideration” of capital defendants because age is a “statutorily prescribed mitigating factor the jury may consider” in sentencing
• also applying principle in penalty phase

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

45 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Muhammad v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2005-04-22· cited 379×
• State v. Davolt
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2004-02-17· cited 223×
• State v. Courchesne
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-03-11· cited 204×
• Herman Charles Barnes v. Charles E. Thompson, Warden, Herman Charles Barnes v. Charles E. Thompson, Warden
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-08-10· cited 187×
• Goins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-04-19· cited 178×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2017-02-02· cited 123×
• Fisher v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-06-08· cited 107×
• Teleguz v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2007-04-20· cited 106×
• Cardwell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-11-04· cited 93×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-02-12· cited 88×
• Roach v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-03-01· cited 86×
• Stewart v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-02-26· cited 76×
• Lovitt v. Warden, Sussex I State Prison
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-09-12· cited 65×
• Cressell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-07-11· cited 61×
• Brown v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-01-15· cited 60×
• Chichester v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-09-16· cited 59×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-02-26· cited 54×
• Douglas Christopher Thomas v. John Taylor, Warden, Sussex I State Prison
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-03-16· cited 50×
• Steve Edward Roach v. Ronald Angelone, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  Fourth Circuit· 1999-05-04· cited 46×
• Knight v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-04-12· cited 45×

Cites

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

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 11,783×
• Blockburger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
• United States v. Bagley
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-02· cited 8,539×
• Brown v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 3,552×
• Arizona v. Youngblood
  Supreme Court· 1989-01-23· cited 3,366×
• Miller v. Fenton
  Supreme Court· 1985-12-03· cited 1,743×
• Grady v. Corbin
  Supreme Court· 1990-05-29· cited 1,620×
• McDougall v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1983-10-03· cited 975×
• Bottoson v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1984-10-01· cited 793×
• Beck v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 596×
• Stanford v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 438×
• Stamper v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 380×
• Stockton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 259×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 232×
• Gray v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-04-24· cited 185×
• Coppola v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 162×
• Buchanan v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-09-22· cited 139×
• Correll v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-01-16· cited 132×