15 Va. App. 103 - Knick v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
August 2005
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 12 Va. App. 1003 - Lavinder v. Commonwealth · Cartera v. Commonwealth · Owens v. Commonwealth · Bond v. Commonwealth · Llamera v. Commonwealth
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.
“We hold that the trial court erred in admitting this evidence because it did not tend to disprove defendant's contention that he accidentally discharged the firearm. It merely showed that the accused was guilty of prior bad acts and that he was disposed to commit an offense similar to that charged.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“essential inquiry in each case is whether,”
1 later decision 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.