30 Va. App. 430 - Elliot v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
October 2013
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cheng v. Commonwealth · 3 Va. App. 523 - Bridgeman v. Commonwealth · Essex v. Commonwealth · Painter v. Commonwealth · 14 Va. App. 173 - Hanson v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“For the state of mind of the victim to be relevant to prove the state of mind of the accused, some nexus must exist which inferentially implicates the accused, such as by showing "previous threats made by the defendant towards the victim, narrations of past incidents of violence on the part of the defendant or general verbalizations of fear of the defendant."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“previous threats made by the defendant towards the victim, narrations of past incidents of violence on the part of the defendant or general verbalizations of fear of the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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