14 Va. App. 368 - Baugh v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
1
states following
April 2008
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ohio v. Roberts · Chambers v. Mississippi · Pointer v. Texas · Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co. · Maryland v. Craig
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“may hear the case upon the certificate and any legal testimony adduced on either side.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“essential to prosecution of an offense. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Contempt is defined as an act in disrespect of the court or its processes, or which obstructs the administration of justice, or tends to bring the court into disrepute.” 4A Michie’s Jurisprudence Contempt § 2 (Repl.Vol.1983). Any act which is calculated to embarrass, hinder, or obstruct the court in the administration of justice is contempt. Potts v. Commonwealth, 184 Va. 855, 859 , 36 S.E.2d 529, 530 (1946).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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