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← 15 Va. App. 638 - Yarborough v. Commonwealth

15 Va. App. 638 - Yarborough v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

1993

Citation profile

5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
July 2009
most recently cited

5 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Neil v. Biggers · Manson v. Brathwaite · Clozza v. Bair · Williamson v. Florida · Payne 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “actual sighting of the weapon is unnecessary for a conviction under Code § 18.2-53.1.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “may have had a gun in his right pocket at the time of the offense.”
    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.