35 Va. App. 304 - Vann v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 2007
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gibson v. Commonwealth · Rollins v. Commonwealth · Jones v. Commonwealth · Griggs v. Commonwealth · Taylor v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“When the corpus delicti has been established and proof adduced that the accused committed the act, it is not sufficient for the accused to raise a reasonable doubt as to his sanity; he must go one step further and prove to the satisfaction of the jury that he was insane at the time of the commission of the act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reid v. True I“The irresistible impulse defense is available when the accused's mind has become so impaired by disease that he is totally deprived of the mental power to control or restrain his act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reid v. True I“Virginia law recognizes two tests by which an accused can establish criminal insanity, the M'Naghten Rule and the irresistible impulse doctrine.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reid v. True I
How this case has been treated — in progress
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