Walker v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• fact finder could infer defendant intended to detain victim because that is exactly what defendant did
• Court holding where defendant was convicted and punished only for abduction and acquitted of robbery, he could not be subject upon conviction to separate penalties
• Court holding where defendant was convicted and punished only for abduction and acquitted of robbery, he could not be subject upon conviction to separate penalties
• fact finder could infer defendant intended to detain victim because that is exactly what defendant did
• “Under [Brown], a defendant ‘charged with abduction by detention and another crime that factually includes restraint of the victim (e.g., rape or robbery
• “In finding [the defendant] guilty, the factfinder necessarily found that [the defendant] forcibly detained [the victim] ‘for the length of time necessary for his purpose.’” (quoting Scott v. Commonwealth, 228 Va. 519, 524, 323 S.E.2d 572, 575 (1984))

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Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Clanton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-03-17· cited 283×
• State v. Kitchens
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-01-05· cited 242×
• State v. Winot
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-02-16· cited 69×
• Pryor v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-04-04· cited 44×
• Jeffrey Nigel Carr v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-07-24· cited 34×
• Fields v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-07-18· cited 7×
• Jacques Lamar Walker v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-04-05
• Joseph E. Brown v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-05-10
• Osman Osman v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-02-14
• Blake Darvin Hughes, a/k/a Blake Darin Hughes v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-05-12

Cites

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

• Brown v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 3,552×
• Ohio v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1984-08-02· cited 1,064×
• Commonwealth v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-04-17· cited 850×
• Kelly v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-08-05· cited 712×
• Parks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-10-10· cited 459×
• Haskins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-09-14· cited 351×
• Crowder v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-11-12· cited 315×
• Scott v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 172×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-11-27· cited 121×
• Seaton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-04-13· cited 116×
• Schmitt v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-06-08· cited 109×
• Hughes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-06-21· cited 99×
• Cardwell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-11-04· cited 93×
• Coleman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-01-12· cited 77×
• Stevens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-08-09· cited 70×
• Powell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-06-08· cited 68×
• Hoke v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-03-03· cited 61×
• Stephens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-01-11· cited 55×
• Hoyt v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-12-07· cited 53×
• Simms v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-08-05· cited 46×