Whitfield 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 where a defendant was seen near an abandoned building late at night in a high crime area and fled when approached by the police, “[t]he characteristics of the area and the defendant’s conduct, including his unprovoked flight, justified the stop[]”
• summarizing standard as a reasonable suspicion the individual \may be involved in criminal activity\ (citation omitted)
• summarizing standard as a reasonable suspicion the individual “may be involved in criminal activity” (citation omitted)
• explaining that while the Commonwealth has the burden of proving the legitimacy of a warrantless search and seizure in the trial court, on appeal the defendant must show that the trial court’s denial of his suppression motion constituted reversible error
• summarizing standard as a reasonable suspicion the individual “may be involved in criminal activity” (citation omitted)
• summarizing standard as a reasonable suspicion the individual “may be involved in criminal activity” (citation omitted)

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Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Slayton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-06-24· cited 143×
• Kyer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-05-03· cited 113×
• Raab v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-10-30· cited 82×
• Copeland v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-02-10· cited 57×
• Glenn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-03-20· cited 53×
• Shifflett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-10-11· cited 35×
• Raheem Montaz Knight v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-12-18· cited 34×
• Walker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-04-13· cited 30×
• Adams v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-09-19· cited 21×
• Loren Anthony Mason, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-02-03· cited 15×
• Donte Lavell Brooks v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-03-26· cited 14×
• Middlebrooks v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-08-05· cited 14×
• Glenn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-08-15· cited 11×
• Brooks v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-03-26· cited 10×
• Raab v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-05-01· cited 5×
• Ford v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-01-26· cited 4×
• Branham v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2012-01-13
• Aaron Emile McArthur v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-07-28
• Commonwealth v. Carter
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2003-07-15
• Commonwealth v. Lim
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2004-12-22

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• United States v. Cortez
  Supreme Court· 1981-01-21· cited 5,975×
• Illinois v. Wardlow
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-19· cited 4,162×
• Brown v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-25· cited 2,679×
• Murphy v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-11-01· cited 156×
• Simmons v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-06-09· cited 124×
• Zimmerman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-01-15· cited 104×
• Leeth v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-03-12· cited 62×
• Ewell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1997-09-12· cited 56×

Other cases named Whitfield v. Commonwealth

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Whitfield v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1936-10-20· cited 4×