Washington v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “[W]e assume legislative familiarity with Virginia case law when the legislature enacts a statute which might impact upon that law.”
• “[W]e assume legislative familiarity with Virginia case law when the legislature enacts a statute which might impact upon that law.”
• “The General Assembly is presumed to be aware of the decisions of this Court when enacting legislation.” (quoting Waterman v. Halverson, 261 Va. 203, 207 (2001))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Washington v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2006-09-15· cited 78×
• Uninsured Employer's Fund v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-09-20· cited 21×
• Virginia Retirement System v. Ricky A. Blair
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-05-26· cited 20×
• Steven Lee Hodges v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-05-05· cited 18×
• Nicholas David Pelloni v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-02-02· cited 13×
• Prince William County School Board v. Rahim
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-07-12· cited 12×
• Billips v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-06-06· cited 12×
• South v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-12-20· cited 9×
• Chauncey F. Hutter, Inc. v. Virginia Employment Commission
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-11-06· cited 8×
• Gilman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-04-04· cited 5×
• Roanoke Ambulatory Surgery Center v. Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-01-29· cited 2×
• Chauncey F. Hutter, Inc., d/b/a PRO-TAX v. Virginia Employment Commission
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-11-06
• Tina Gilman, s/k/a Tina M. Gilman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-10-10
• Washington v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-08-09
• D'Andre Davon Ballard v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-11-06
• Dorian Omar Chavarria v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-04-07

Cites

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

• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• United States v. Booker
  Supreme Court· 2004-10-01· cited 23,210×
• Blakely v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 13,994×
• Almendarez-Torres v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1998-03-24· cited 12,622×
• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Bruton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 8,792×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Patterson v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 2,751×
• Richardson v. Marsh
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-21· cited 2,670×
• United States v. Gaudin
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-19· cited 2,553×
• Jones v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-03-24· cited 2,200×
• United States v. Lovasco
  Supreme Court· 1977-10-03· cited 2,170×
• McMillan v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-19· cited 1,908×
• Michelson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1949-02-14· cited 1,808×
• Estes v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 1,725×
• Spencer v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1966-11-21· cited 1,416×
• Hamilton v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1961-11-13· cited 1,308×
• Greer v. Miller
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,215×
• McBoyle v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-03-09· cited 514×
• Alabama v. Shelton
  Supreme Court· 2002-05-20· cited 330×