Timmons v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the defendant had a fair trial on the merits despite the language in the jury instruction being too broad
• holding that a broad definition of a firearm in a possession of a firearm statute is improper
• stating that a statute which proscribes the possession of a “firearm” while in possession of cocaine does not include objects that merely appear to have the capability of firing when, in fact, they do not
• stating that a statute which proscribes the possession of a \firearm\ while in possession of Cocaine does not include objects that merely appear to have the capability of firing when, in fact, they do not
• stating that a statute which proscribes the possession of a “firearm” while in possession of cocaine does not include objects that merely appear to have the capability of firing when, in fact, they do not
• involving Code § 18.2-308.4, prohibiting possession of “a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II of the Drug Control Act” while simultaneous ly possessing any firearm

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Armstrong v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-04-19· cited 141×
• Ragland v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-08-17· cited 133×
• Tatum v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-01-25· cited 73×
• Armstrong v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-07-31· cited 48×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-05-11· cited 41×
• Langston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-09-08· cited 31×
• O'Banion v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-07-25· cited 24×
• Davies v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-11-24· cited 23×
• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-04-16· cited 17×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-11-21· cited 9×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-10-05· cited 6×
• O'Bannion v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-10-19· cited 3×
• Singleton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-03-22· cited 1×
• Jones v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-06-21

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lavinder v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-07-30· cited 364×
• Darnell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-07-05· cited 237×
• Swisher v. Swisher & Craun
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-04-30· cited 144×
• Hooker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-05-19· cited 88×
• Dowdy v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-06-08· cited 71×
• Kil v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-07-01· cited 48×
• Rogers v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-06-23· cited 9×