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.

• holding that a seizure had occurred when the officer “explained that he intended to pat down appellant” because, “[a]t this point, a reasonable person would not believe he could ignore the officer's requests and walk away”
• holding that a seizure had occurred when the officer “explained that he intended to pat down” a suspect because, “at this point, a reasonable person would not believe he could ignore the officer’s requests and walk away”
• holding appellant’s strange behavior and “very nervous” appearance in area known for drug activity, and officer’s concern when appellant refused to remove hand from his pocket, justified frisk
• finding appellant’s refusal to remove his hand from his pocket is a factor to be considered in finding reasonable suspicion
• finding appellant's refusal to remove his hand from his pocket is a factor to be considered in finding reasonable suspicion
• finding a seizure occurred when an officer “explained that he intended to pat down” a suspect because, “at this point, a reasonable person would not believe he could ignore the officer’s requests and walk away”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Atkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-31· cited 85×
• Brown v. City of Danville
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-12-21· cited 53×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-08-26· cited 34×
• Thompson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-04-28· cited 33×
• Bandy v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-08-12· cited 20×
• Roulhac v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-06-12· cited 14×
• Asble v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-11-27· cited 9×
• Patrick Darnell Hill v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-04-24· cited 4×
• Atkins v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-31· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Ornelas v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-10· cited 7,197×
• Florida v. Bostick
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-20· cited 4,435×
• California v. Hodari D.
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-23· cited 3,670×
• Minnesota v. Dickerson
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 2,669×
• Michigan v. Chesternut
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-13· cited 1,499×
• McGee v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-08· cited 907×
• Parks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-10-10· cited 459×
• Marable v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-06-16· cited 458×
• Fore v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 284×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-03-17· cited 209×
• Goins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-04-19· cited 178×
• Murphy v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-11-01· cited 156×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-06-21· cited 125×
• Dukes v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 104×
• Payne v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-10· cited 95×
• Whitfield v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-02-28· cited 90×
• Norman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-07-15· cited 69×
• United States v. Irvin D. Mayo
  Fourth Circuit· 2004-03-23· cited 65×
• James v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-07-30· cited 61×