23 Va. App. 593 - White v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
December 2017
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Higginbotham v. Commonwealth · McCall v. Commonwealth · 20 Va. App. 332 - Adkins v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“If any person has sexual intercourse with a complaining witness . . . and such act is accomplished (i) against the complaining witness's will, by force, threat or intimidation of or against the complaining witness. . . or (ii) through the use of the complaining witness's mental incapacity or physical helplessness . . . he or she shall be guilty of rape.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the Commonwealth must prove . . . that the person does not understand `the nature and consequences of the sexual act involved.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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