Wilson v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that it was error for the circuit court to find that it did not have jurisdiction when the defendant had “not yet transferred to the Department of Corrections” (emphasis added)
• noting in cases of first impression that appellants are not required to “cite to cases where no precedent exists or to cite a set number of cases or code sections”
• “Unsupported assertions of error ‘do not merit appellate consideration.’” (quoting Jones v. Commonwealth, 51 Va. App. 730, 734 (2008))
• Code § 19.2‑303 only applicable if the defendant presents trial court with “circumstances in mitigation of the offense.”
• Code § 19.2‑303 only applicable if the defendant presents trial court with “circumstances in mitigation of the offense.”
• “Pursuant to [Rule 5A:20], we have held that ‘[u]nsupported assertions of error do not merit appellate consideration.’” (quoting Jones v. Commonwealth, 51 Va. App. 730, 734, 660 S.E.2d 343, 345 (2008))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Harris v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-11-02· cited 16×
• Dennis Holland v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-10-22· cited 16×
• Jason Sam Harris v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-09-27
• Jason Harris, s/k/a Jason Sam Harris v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-09-27
• Bradford T. Cellucci v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-03-14
• Robert Marshall Cornelius v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-02-13

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Buchanan v. Buchanan
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-10· cited 469×
• Jay v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-04-18· cited 292×
• Parks v. Parks
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-09-23· cited 194×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-05-06· cited 153×
• Commonwealth v. Shifflett
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-01-08· cited 110×
• Russnak v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-05-08· cited 43×
• D'Alessandro v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-09-29· cited 34×
• Esparza v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-04-27· cited 29×
• Patterson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-01-28· cited 27×