Turner v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that, when interpreting a statute, we “presume that, in choosing the words of the statute, ‘the General Assembly acted with full knowledge of the law in the area in which it dealt’” (quoting Philip Morris v. The Chesapeake Bay Found., 273 Va. 564, 576 (2007))
• strict construction of penal statutes is limited to resolving reasonable ambiguities
• strict construction of penal statutes is limited to resolving reasonable ambiguities
• strict construction of penal statutes is limited to resolving reasonable ambiguities

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Robert McKinley Blankenship v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-02-05· cited 100×
• Howard Allen Groffel v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-08-20· cited 15×
• Telegraph Square II, A Condominium Unit Owners v. 7205 Telegraph Square, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-04-25
• Telegraph Square II, A Condominium Unit Owners v. 7205 Telegraph Square, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-06-06
• Telegraph Square II, A Condominium Unit Owners v. 7205 Telegraph Square, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-12-19
• City of Emporia v. County of Greensville
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-06-11
• Henri Mauricio Perez Flores v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-10-01
• James David Hazelwood v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-06-09

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1977-10-03· cited 1,382×
• Armstrong v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-04-19· cited 141×
• United States v. William White
  Fourth Circuit· 2016-01-07· cited 131×
• Commonwealth v. Zamani
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-11-06· cited 104×
• Donnelley v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1928-04-09· cited 58×
• Alger v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-01-16· cited 58×
• Harward v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-04-26· cited 56×
• Johnson, Ronald v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2016-12-08· cited 52×
• Conger v. Barrett
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-11-04· cited 46×
• Phelps v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-01-11· cited 39×
• Tiller v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-03-10· cited 37×
• Waldrop v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-01-09· cited 33×
• Caldwell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1956-10-08· cited 21×
• United Masonry Inc. v. Riggs National Bank
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-06-12· cited 21×
• Hackney v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1947-11-24· cited 17×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1971-03-08· cited 15×
• Jack Eugene Turner v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-11-22· cited 15×
• United States v. Dutcher
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-03-22· cited 13×