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.

• holding that because a trial court has broad discretion to revoke a suspended sentence in light of a probation violation, the appellate court does not restrict a trial court’s authority beyond limitations imposed by statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kenneth A. Stokes, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-01-15· cited 54×
• Patterson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-01-28· cited 27×
• Dejuan Hodgins v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-11-06· cited 23×
• Charlie Luther Wilson, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-11-29· cited 23×
• Robert Batten Dunham, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-02-21· cited 20×
• Rhodes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-05-24· cited 16×
• Canty v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-10-05· cited 11×
• Wright v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-11-30· cited 1×
• Chancelier Fazili v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2019-12-03
• Karen Taylor Kusterer v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-04-21

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Grant v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-06-18· cited 116×
• Deal v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-09-29· cited 77×
• Robertson v. Superintendent of Wise Correctional Unit
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-06-10· cited 34×
• Carbaugh v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-10-11· cited 30×
• Briggs v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-12-12· cited 17×