 A major ruling unanimously handed down by the Virginia Supreme Court during Whiting's tenure was Timothy W. Spencer v Commonwealth, which was the first state supreme court ruling on the admissibility of DNA profiling.The Court's ruling on the admissibility of DNA evidence was later upheld at the federal appeals level and by the U.S. Supreme Court.Whiting served on the Court until he stepped down to Senior (semi-retired) status in 1995.