Tibbs v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “Motive . . . is relevant and probative on the issue of identity of the criminal agent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-08-29· cited 20×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-08-01· cited 9×
• Winckler v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-07-18· cited 4×
• Stephen James Kilpatrick v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-05-04
• Jesiah Flowers v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-03-18
• Dennis Dee Gilbert v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-05-05

Cites

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

• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Archer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-11-10· cited 692×
• Tison v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1982-10-04· cited 530×
• Coleman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-09-09· cited 400×
• Long v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-05-02· cited 329×
• Rollston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-01-02· cited 287×
• LeVasseur v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 272×
• Hamilton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-07-20· cited 264×
• Edmonds v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1985-11-04· cited 261×
• Pugliese v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-03-09· cited 207×
• Love v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1992-04-06· cited 197×
• Fitzgerald v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-06-18· cited 187×
• Pope v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-09-04· cited 116×
• George v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-11-08· cited 115×
• Bunch v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 107×
• Poyner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-04-26· cited 106×
• Quesinberry v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 86×
• Whitley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-01-22· cited 86×
• Briley v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-11-26· cited 82×
• Cantrell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-04-26· cited 79×