White v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• Where a defendant was tried in absentia without representation, the Supreme Court of Virginia held that the record “f[ell] short of establishing a knowing and intelligent waiver by the defendant of his right to counsel.”
• Where a defendant was tried in absentia without representation, the Supreme Court of Virginia held that the record \f[ell] short of establishing a knowing and intelligent waiver by the defendant of his right to counsel.\

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Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Watkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-01-20· cited 319×
• Church v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-10-11· cited 71×
• Jackson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-06-26· cited 35×
• Lemke v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-03-03· cited 21×
• Dennison v. Jack
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-03-25· cited 16×
• Travis v. Finley
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-07-17· cited 15×
• Blue v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-05-15· cited 7×
• Megel v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-02-01· cited 5×
• Finecy v. Finecy
  Chesterfield County Circuit Court· 2015-09-08
• Karen Taylor Kusterer v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-04-21

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
• Utica Mutual Insurance Co. v. National Indemnity Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-04-27· cited 41×