Tuggle 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 medical evidence of physical injuries sufficient as circumstantial evidence to prove rape
• holding medical evidence of physical injuries sufficient as circumstantial evidence to prove rape
• jury was properly instructed on definition of “sexual intercourse” an element of capital murder during the commission of, or subsequent to, rape

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Frye v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-06-13· cited 272×
• Scott v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 172×
• Fisher v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-11-18· cited 168×
• Watkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-06-14· cited 154×
• Spencer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-09-22· cited 123×
• Woodfin v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-09-23· cited 108×
• Barker v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-11-27· cited 91×
• Cirios v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-10-18· cited 89×
• Tuggle v. Netherland
  Supreme Court· 1995-10-30· cited 82×
• Bennett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-11-18· cited 79×
• Tuggle v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-09-06· cited 74×
• Davis v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-10-11· cited 73×
• Boggs v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-06-14· cited 69×
• Hunley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-09-07· cited 67×
• Lem David Tuggle v. J.D. Netherland, Warden
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-04-03· cited 59×
• Gonzales v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-04-12· cited 58×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-04-17· cited 54×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 52×
• Edmonds v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-04-26· cited 51×
• Spencer v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-11-10· cited 49×

Cites

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

• Johnson v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
• Edwards v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1981-06-22· cited 6,931×
• Barefoot v. Estelle
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 4,617×
• Estelle v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1981-05-18· cited 2,053×
• Coleman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-09-09· cited 400×
• Stamper v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 380×
• LeVasseur v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 272×
• Stockton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 259×
• Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-10-12· cited 256×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 232×
• Scott v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 172×
• Coppola v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 162×
• Whittaker v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-04-22· cited 148×
• Justus v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 143×
• Lewis v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 131×
• Clark v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-08-30· cited 125×
• Nilsson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1972-02-16· cited 123×
• Quintana v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-09-09· cited 114×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-11-26· cited 112×
• Bunch v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 107×