20 Va. App. 9 - Jennings v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently April 2015
16 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on LeVasseur v. Commonwealth · Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth · Spencer v. Commonwealth · Hamilton v. Texas · Levasseur v. Wainwright
Most-quoted passages
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“For example, “such evidence is permissible in cases where the motive, intent or knowledge of the accused is involved.” [Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth, 211 Va. 269, 272 , 176 S.E.2d 802, 805 (1970)]. Similarly, evidence of other crimes may be admitted to prove knowledge, or to refute a claim of mistake, or to prove identity where some aspect of the incident or the method by which the other crime is committed is so distinctive or “idiosyncratic” that the fact finder reasonably could infer that the same person committed both crimes. Spencer [v. Commonwealth], 240 Va. [78,] 89-90, 393 S.E.2d [609,] 616-17 [(1990)]. The rule governing the admissibility of other crimes evidence is the rule of relevance. When proof that the accused committed other crimes or bad acts has a rational basis from which the fact finder reasonably can infer the existence of a material fact or element of the charged crime, the evidence is relevant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Evidence of other offenses is admitted if it shows the conduct and feeling of the accused toward his victim, if it establishes their prior relations, or if it tends to prove any relevant element of the offense charged. Such evidence is permissible in cases where the motive, intent or knowledge of the accused is involved, or where the evidence is connected with or leads up to the offense for which the accused is on trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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