12 Va. App. 698 - Chiles v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
September 2010
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Zirkle v. Commonwealth · 2 Va. App. 300 - Fields v. Commonwealth · Barlow v. Commonwealth · Roach v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“[the accused] is confined to proof of the opinion that the people of the community have about him. His specific acts, customs, conduct, etc., create this opinion. It is the sum total of all of these things — that is, the consensus of opinion of the people of the community in which [the accused] lives that is considered pertinent and proper evidence to prove character.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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