Thompson v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that loitering in an “open market for drug sales” and extreme nervousness when approached by an officer was insufficient, without additional factors, to establish reasonable suspicion for a pat down

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Roberts v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-11-10· cited 30×
• Baker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-10-19· cited 8×
• Roy Leeshun Williams v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-01-14
• Aaron Emile McArthur v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-07-28
• Commonwealth v. Mosley
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2013-08-16
• Devon Lamar Washington v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-04-14
• Daquan Hinton v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-05-12

Cites

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

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Graham v. Connor
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 16,485×
• Wong Sun v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 12,871×
• Ornelas v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-10· cited 7,197×
• Illinois v. Wardlow
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-19· cited 4,162×
• Maryland v. Buie
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-05· cited 2,122×
• McGee v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-08· cited 907×
• Commonwealth v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-04-17· cited 850×
• Knowles v. Iowa
  Supreme Court· 1998-12-08· cited 800×
• Parks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-10-10· cited 459×
• Air Courier Conference of America v. American Postal Workers Union
  Supreme Court· 1991-02-26· cited 368×
• Fore v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 284×
• McCain v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-04-20· cited 230×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-03-17· cited 209×
• Welshman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-07-21· cited 123×
• Luginbyhl v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-04-04· cited 117×
• Lansdown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-10-14· cited 95×
• Cost v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-02-29· cited 62×
• James v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-07-30· cited 61×
• Simmons v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-01-14· cited 61×