Waller v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “The failure of a testifying defendant to contest a factual assertion, when it is within his power and self-interest to do so, corroborates the probative force of the assertion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Waller v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-11-05· cited 14×
• Navistar, Inc. v. New Baltimore Garage, Inc.
  Fauquier County Circuit Court· 2010-01-27
• Shaquawn Demonte Warren v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-03-07

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• United States v. Powell
  Supreme Court· 1984-12-10· cited 2,102×
• Commonwealth v. Hudson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-04-17· cited 850×
• Parks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-10-10· cited 459×
• Funk v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1933-12-11· cited 406×
• Raffel v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1926-06-07· cited 374×
• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-01-25· cited 362×
• 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×
• Logan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-12-13· cited 166×
• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-08-15· cited 156×
• Seaton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-04-13· cited 116×
• Coleman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-05-20· cited 101×
• Harper v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-04-10· cited 52×
• Russell Wayne Carpenter v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1959-03-12· cited 45×
• Owens v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-05-08· cited 44×
• Humphrey v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-10-23· cited 36×
• Wells v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-07-11· cited 34×
• Dugger v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-05-20· cited 28×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-06-24· cited 26×