Maynard v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Q: Did you place him under arrest at that time (during the August 14, 1986 interview)? A: I did not. Q: Did you figure you had sufficient evidence at that point to place him under arrest? A: I did not. Q: Would you have felt comfortable arresting him at that point? A: 1 would not have. Q: You did not arrest Bobby Maynard on the 14th of August, true? A: That is correct. Q: Was the reason because it was going to be reassigned or because you did not have enough evidence or both? A: Both.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 11 Va. App. 437 - Maynard v. Commonwealth

2. “Whenever the evidence leaves indifferent which of several hypotheses is true, or merely establishes only some finite probability in favor of one hypothesis, such evidence does not amount to proof beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 20 Va. App. 133 - Sandoval v. Commonwealth