58 Va. App. 681 - Flanagan v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Murray v. Carrier · Morissette v. United States · Mullaney v. Wilbur · 4 Va. App. 438 - Martin v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“In order to show that a miscarriage of justice has occurred, an appellant must demonstrate more than that the Commonwealth failed to prove an element of the offense. We will not invoke the exception if the record suggests that the Commonwealth merely inadvertently or unknowingly failed to adduce adequate proof of an element of the offense. In order to show that a miscarriage of justice has occurred, thereby invoking the ends of justice exception, the appellant must demonstrate that he or she was convicted for conduct that was not a criminal offense or the record must affirmatively prove that an element of the offense did not occur.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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