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.

• holding statements voluntary although the police falsely stated the victim had identified the defendant
• noting that while the defendant “may have been tricked or influenced by the tactics of the officer, the interrogation was not so compelling or coercive that he was not able to consider his options and exercise his will”
• upholding conviction where police told accused he had been positively identified by witness who, in fact, had been unable to identify him
• addressing standard of appellate review for determining voluntariness of confession

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Pugliese v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-03-09· cited 207×
• Timbers v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-08-18· cited 117×
• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-08-03· cited 79×
• Novak v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-05-23· cited 63×
• Mills v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-05-19· cited 53×
• Bottenfield v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-29· cited 44×
• Washington v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-06-08· cited 41×
• Watson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-02-14· cited 34×
• Medley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-09-21· cited 32×
• Rodriguez v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-03-25· cited 26×
• Webber v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-02-17· cited 21×
• Gwaltney v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-01-03· cited 21×
• Riddick v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-03-19· cited 20×
• Hill v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-07-15· cited 19×
• J.D. v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-01-28· cited 18×
• Arthur v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-02-04· cited 12×
• Bailey v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-04-18· cited 9×
• Sellers v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-08-05· cited 8×
• Larod Nayquan Robinson v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-04-29· cited 8×
• Thomas v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-09-13· cited 2×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Arizona v. Fulminante
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-20· cited 6,060×
• Moran v. Burbine
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-10· cited 3,339×
• Miller v. Fenton
  Supreme Court· 1985-12-03· cited 1,743×
• Frazier v. Cupp
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-23· cited 1,468×
• Wyrick v. Fields
  Supreme Court· 1982-11-29· cited 424×
• Gray v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-04-24· cited 185×
• Kauffmann v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-07-11· cited 125×
• Yeatts v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-09-20· cited 92×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-09-04· cited 78×
• Lanier v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-07-03· cited 49×
• Rodgers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-06-15· cited 49×
• Mundy v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-05-01· cited 48×
• Goodwin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-10-07· cited 43×
• Griggs v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-06-08· cited 29×
• Foster v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-05-02· cited 23×
• Shell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-10-30· cited 16×