11 Va. App. 516 - Scott v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
January 2005
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Irvin v. Dowd · Smith v. Phillips · Remmer v. United States · Murphy v. Florida · Patton v. Yount
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because our juries have the dual responsibility of determining questions of guilt and punishment, "it is not only important that justice should be impartially administered, but it should also flow through channels as free from suspicion as possible."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"Private communications, possibly prejudicial, between jurors and third persons, or witnesses, or the officer in charge, are absolutely forbidden, and invalidate the verdict, at least unless their harmlessness is made to appear."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The right of an accused to a fair trial before an impartial jury is a fundamental precept in our jurisprudence, protected by both state and federal constitutions.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.