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.

• “Malice . . . is intended to denote an action flowing from any wicked and corrupt motive . . . where the fact has been attended with such circumstances as carry in them the plain indications of a heart regardless of social duty.” (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Canipe v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-10-14· cited 141×
• George Wesley Huguely, V v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-03-04· cited 81×
• Miller v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-09-01· cited 68×
• Ward v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1964-10-12· cited 62×
• Mark Lee v. Harold Clarke
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-03-20· cited 52×
• State Ex Rel. Combs v. Boles
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1966-11-15· cited 40×
• Dooley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1956-04-23· cited 25×
• Bailey v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-06-16· cited 21×
• Plymale v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-01-25· cited 20×
• Perkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-10-13· cited 20×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-01-10· cited 16×
• Bailey v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1950-11-27· cited 13×
• M-W
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2012-07-01· cited 13×
• Sanderson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1958-06-16· cited 3×
• Brown v. Cox
  W.D. Virginia· 1972-04-04· cited 1×
• Mark Lee v. Harold Clarke
  Fourth Circuit· 2015-04-15

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Oliver v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1928-11-15· cited 56×
• Scott v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1925-09-17· cited 32×
• Goodman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1930-01-16· cited 32×
• Bradshaw v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1939-10-09· cited 31×
• Tucker v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1933-01-12· cited 20×
• Adams v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1935-01-17· cited 16×
• Barbour v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1885-03-12· cited 10×
• Clinton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1934-01-11· cited 5×
• Mosby v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-03-11· cited 5×