Wright v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “The word ‘or’ connects two parts of a sentence, ‘but disconnects their meaning.’” (quoting Smoot v. Commonwealth, 37 Va. App. 495, 501 (2002))
• “A defendant may constructively possess an item or items in his residence even when he is not on the premises.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ervin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-01-25· cited 147×
• Atkins v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-31· cited 85×
• Wright v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-11-05· cited 78×
• Tina Lasha Hall, a/k/a Tina Lasha Waller v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-11-06· cited 41×
• Bindu Bajgain v. Devendra Bajgain
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-03-17· cited 30×
• Hunter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-03-30· cited 28×
• Hargrove v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-03-17· cited 20×
• Taybron v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-01-11· cited 7×
• State v. Whitesides
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2012-04-04· cited 6×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-12-26· cited 4×
• Atkins v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-31· cited 2×
• Dominque Jamar Jones, s/k/a Dominique Jamar Jones v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2018-12-26
• Adrian Donnel Aley v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2022-06-14
• In re Portillo
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2015-10-14
• Ernest L. Parrish v. Quinton B. Callahan
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-10-03

Cites

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

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Archer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-11-10· cited 692×
• Coleman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-09-09· cited 400×
• Bolden v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-01-11· cited 376×
• United States v. Ceballos-Torres
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-07-06· cited 300×
• Powers v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-06-15· cited 221×
• Branch v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-07-14· cited 210×
• People v. Bland
  California Supreme Court· 1995-07-27· cited 200×
• Clodfelter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-11-23· cited 104×
• Fleming v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-12-03· cited 97×
• United States v. Luciano
  First Circuit· 2003-05-06· cited 83×
• Willis v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-06-05· cited 67×
• Smoot v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-02-12· cited 61×
• Bolden v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-02-13· cited 56×
• McKeon v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-06-15· cited 53×
• Hargraves v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-01-15· cited 43×
• State v. Blanchard
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2001-01-18· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Montaque
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-04-20· cited 40×
• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-03-05· cited 36×
• Harris v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2001-09-14· cited 35×