Watts v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “settled principles provide that people do not relinquish control of items of value like drugs or leave them in places where others might find them”
• stating “we must consider the improperly admitted [evidence] in our sufficiency analysis”
• stating \we must consider the improperly admitted [evidence] in our sufficiency analysis\
• “[S]ettled principles provide that people do not relinquish control of items of value like drugs or leave them in places where others might find them.”
• establishing the elements of possession of a controlled substance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Raheem Montaz Knight v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-12-18· cited 34×
• Rushing v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-07-26· cited 6×
• Lamont Lendell Bagley v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-02-23

Cites

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

• Katz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1967-12-18· cited 13,304×
• Rakas v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-15· cited 6,103×
• Arizona v. Gant
  Supreme Court· 2009-04-21· cited 2,725×
• Minnesota v. Carter
  Supreme Court· 1999-02-23· cited 1,221×
• Murdaugh v. Livingston
  Supreme Court· 1998-11-18· cited 766×
• Archer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-11-10· cited 692×
• Powers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-06-15· cited 221×
• Pugliese v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-03-09· cited 207×
• Murphy v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-11-01· cited 156×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-09-01· cited 130×
• Simmons v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-06-09· cited 124×
• Clodfelter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-11-23· cited 104×
• Wechsler v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-04-11· cited 95×
• Andrews v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-09-05· cited 73×
• United States v. Peter M. Kendall, United States of America v. Gerald A. Akers
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-08-31· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Holloway
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-09-05· cited 61×
• United States v. Richard S. Oswald
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-02-18· cited 50×
• Parsons v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-06-13· cited 50×
• Megel v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-09-14· cited 44×
• Hargraves v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-01-15· cited 43×