16 Va. App. 928 - Williams v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · Weatherford v. Bursey · Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · Mark Trail Camp Grounds, Inc. v. Field Enterprises, Inc.
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`The test as to whether a matter is material or collateral, in the matter of impeachment of a witness, is whether or not the cross-examining party would be entitled to prove it in support of his case.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[o]ne accused of a criminal offense may obtain exculpatory evidence known to the prosecution”
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.