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 that the defendant’s mere initial act of forcing victims upstairs at knifepoint satisfied the elements of abduction
• holding that the evidence was sufficient to prove the necessary overt act for attempted rape where the defendant forced the victim to strip, -7- tied her on her back to the bed, and was close enough to her to deposit pubic hair and semen on her body
• “Intent is a state of mind that may be proved by an accused’s acts or by his statements and that may be shown by circumstantial evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Muhammad v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2005-04-22· cited 379×
• Clanton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-03-17· cited 283×
• Kenneth L. Wilson v. Fred W. Greene, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-08-27· cited 187×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-04-21· cited 138×
• Lenz v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-04-20· cited 98×
• Crawford v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2011-01-13· cited 95×
• Dawud Majid Mu'min v. Samuel v. Pruett, Warden, Mecklenburg Correctional Center
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-11-13· cited 77×
• Remington v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-09-14· cited 69×
• Powell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-06-08· cited 68×
• Swisher v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-11-06· cited 48×
• Steve Whitt v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-03-26· cited 43×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-01-16· cited 36×
• Jeffrey Nigel Carr v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-07-24· cited 34×
• Brooker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-10-28· cited 23×
• Graham v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-06-09· cited 22×
• Scott Edward Knight v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-11-13· cited 21×
• Dove v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-10-07· cited 16×
• Donte Lavell Brooks v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-03-26· cited 14×
• Rodriquez v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-12-04· cited 12×
• Wells v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-05-01· cited 9×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Simmons v. South Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-17· cited 1,326×
• Eaton v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-09-21· cited 194×
• Scott v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-11-30· cited 172×
• Jenkins v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-11-06· cited 154×
• Bunch v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 107×
• Mueller v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-09-18· cited 92×
• Barrett v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-09-05· cited 76×
• Breard v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-06-10· cited 71×
• Hoke v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-03-03· cited 61×
• Ingram v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-10-08· cited 55×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-02-26· cited 54×
• Green v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-06-18· cited 45×
• Granberry v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-01-14· cited 45×
• Mickens v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-04-15· cited 39×
• Chittum v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-06-15· cited 38×
• King v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-04-17· cited 35×
• Ramdass v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-11-04· cited 31×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-11-04· cited 16×
• Breard v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1994-10-31· cited 7×