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.

• holding that whenever the evidence leaves indifferent which of several hypotheses are true, or merely establishes some finite probability in favor of one hypothesis, such evidence does not amount to proof beyond a reasonable doubt
• stating that the question of whether there is a single conspiracy or multiple conspiracies is a factual issue
• “The question of whether the evidence presented in a single trial establishes the existence of one conspiracy or multiple conspiracies is a factual issue for the jury’s determination.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Gallegos
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2011-06-15· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Andrews
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-03-26· cited 93×
• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-03-19· cited 34×
• Sheng Jie Jin v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2017-02-14· cited 16×
• Pierce v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-01-30· cited 11×
• Donnie Elijah Smallwood v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2020-05-12
• Commonwealth v. Levin
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2001-05-03
• Commonwealth v. Spence
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2001-07-23

Cites

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

• United States v. Nelson Bell
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-06-01· cited 819×
• Mounce v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-07· cited 245×
• Bridgeman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-12-16· cited 239×
• Sutphin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1985-12-03· cited 228×
• Traverso v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-04-05· cited 199×
• Floyd v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-11-22· cited 170×
• United States v. Axel Urbanik
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-09-23· cited 143×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-12-03· cited 112×
• Falden v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-01-14· cited 82×
• Zuniga v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-12-20· cited 68×
• Cartwright v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-03-12· cited 55×
• Amato v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-01-06· cited 53×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-02-16· cited 51×
• United States v. Frank Rodriguez
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-03-20· cited 43×
• Diggs v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-05-17· cited 33×
• United States v. Lozano
  Fourth Circuit· 1988-02-22· cited 33×
• Evans v. Wood
  Supreme Court· 1984-10-01· cited 33×
• United States v. Vito Alberti, A/K/A Joe Lamport, Jorge Merlano Sierra, A/K/A George Merlano
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-03-19· cited 16×
• Poole v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-12-20· cited 14×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-07-25· cited 13×