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.

• describing judicial notice as “a rule of necessity and public policy in the expedition of trials” that avoids “the formal introduction of evidence in certain cases where there is no need for such evidence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-08-15· cited 156×
• Cape Henry Towers, Inc. v. National Gypsum Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-06-14· cited 79×
• Farley v. Graney
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1960-12-20· cited 76×
• Ryan v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 65×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-03-22· cited 32×
• Yap v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-04-24· cited 29×
• Hodges v. COM., DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-02-15· cited 17×
• Lampkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-01-18· cited 17×
• Environmental Defense Fund v. Virginia State Water Control Board
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-05-07· cited 16×
• Corbin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-11-02· cited 15×
• Mohr v. County Court of Cabell County
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1960-06-28· cited 15×
• Smith v. Liberty Nursing Home, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-01-11· cited 12×
• Young v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-04-20· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2018-03-01· cited 5×
• Tony Williams v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-06-10· cited 2×
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-01-14· cited 2×
• Liberty Nursing Home, Inc. v. Director, Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 1998-06-09· cited 1×
• Mohr v. County Court of Cabell County
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1960-08-23
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2015-04-16
• Roy Leeshun Williams v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-01-14

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Carter v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1944-01-31· cited 116×
• People v. Mayes
  California Supreme Court· 1896-08-07· cited 52×
• Dickerson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1943-03-08· cited 14×
• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1943-03-08· cited 6×
• O'Brien v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-01-16· cited 2×