Williams v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• applying Rule 5A:18 to hold that the appellant waived his argument by failing to obtain a trial court ruling on it
• appellant waived his assignment of error on appeal because he did not obtain a ruling from the trial court on his pretrial motion to -9- dismiss
• “Due process requires the prosecution ‘to prove beyond a reasonable doubt every fact - 10 - necessary to constitute the crime charged.’” (quoting Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U.S. 684, 685 (1975))
• “Because [mother] did not obtain a ruling from the trial court . . . ‘there is no ruling for [this Court] to review’ on appeal, and h[er] argument is waived under Rule 5A:18.” (quoting Fisher v. Commonwealth, 16 Va. App. 447, 454 (1993))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Flanagan v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-08-30· cited 217×
• Van Andre Beasley v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-07-17· cited 110×
• Jack Randall Young v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-07-30· cited 45×
• Lamarr Ramon Masean Smith v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-05-17· cited 22×
• Amos v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-04-09· cited 20×
• Benjamine Leonard Foley, II v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-03-25· cited 19×
• Tyrone Jacobs v. Gina Wilcoxson
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-02-18
• Paul Anthony Chenevert v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-04-21
• Romario Bailey v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-06-15
• Lemar Jason McDaniel, Jr v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-06-29
• Thomas Othel Thompson, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-11-23
• Akeem Alee Calokoh v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-02-28
• Brown v. Virginia State Bar
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2023-05-04
• William L. Respess v. VMI Alumni Association
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-06-25
• Luis Rivera v. Mantech International Corporation
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-06-25
• Kelly Leigh Harris v. Washington & Lee University
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-10-01
• Dawn Lewis Williams v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-03-18

Cites

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

• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Patterson v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 2,751×
• Edwards v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-12-09· cited 625×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-12-02· cited 180×
• Armstrong v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-04-19· cited 141×
• McGhee v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-11-22· cited 137×
• United States v. Felix Rodriguez
  First Circuit· 1988-10-07· cited 128×
• Jones v. Conwell
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 113×
• Ansell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-01-12· cited 110×
• Fisher v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-06-08· cited 107×
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Board of County Supervisors
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-12-02· cited 98×
• Eaton v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1940-10-14· cited 82×
• Simopoulos v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-15· cited 72×
• Powers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-11-30· cited 71×
• Hodge v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-10-08· cited 66×
• Boyd v. County of Henrico
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-02-24· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Stoffan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-06-21· cited 55×
• Hess v. Snyder Hunt Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-06-08· cited 51×
• Mayhew v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-06-13· cited 50×
• Virginia Society for Human Life, Inc. v. Caldwell
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-06-05· cited 50×