Velazquez v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that although the filing of a notice of appeal typically divests a trial court of jurisdiction to consider post-trial motions, circumstances exist under which a trial court retains authority to act despite the filing of the notice of appeal
• holding that an appellant failed to prove manifest injustice where his plea colloquy answers were truthful and he did not claim that -8- his plea was involuntary or that the trial court or the Commonwealth violated or rescinded a plea agreement
• considering the answers during the plea colloquy where defendant admitted his answers during the colloquy were true and was not claiming the plea was involuntary
• affirming the trial court where the trial court’s alternative holding was fully supported by evidence in the record
• “a defendant who moves to withdraw a guilty plea before sentencing need only show that his motion was made in good faith and premised upon a reasonable basis”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Brown, T v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2019-05-02· cited 2×
• Bonanno v. Quinn
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2021-05-27
• Paul A. Galiotos, Individually v. Tasos A. Galiotos, Individually
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-10-21
• Daniel Lee Sine v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-04-07

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Perry v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-11-04· cited 219×
• Super Fresh Food Markets of Virginia, Inc. v. Ruffin
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-04-19· cited 141×
• Parris v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-04-25· cited 109×
• Michael Joseph Paradiso and Anthony Richard Bonnacci v. United States
  Third Circuit· 1973-08-01· cited 86×
• Ghameshlouy v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-02-25· cited 76×
• Williams v. Joynes
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-06-04· cited 70×
• Justus v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2007-06-08· cited 67×
• Walton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-06-05· cited 58×
• Watkins v. Fairfax County Department of Family Services
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-04-13· cited 37×
• Bottoms v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2011-01-13· cited 34×
• Lilly v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-04-21· cited 31×
• McCoy v. McCoy
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-01-12· cited 20×
• David Junior Howell v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-10-16· cited 15×