Mann v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1941
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
September 1966
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coward v. Commonwealth · McCann v. Commonwealth · Fry 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The province of the jury in Virginia in a criminal case is to determine the innocence or guilt of the accused, and, if they find the accused guilty, to fix his punishment. With this, the power of the jury ends. Any recommendation they may see fit to make as to clemency, or the withholding of it, is no part of the verdict. # * * Of course, the propriety of such a request may recommend itself to the trial judge, and he may act upon it, or he may disregard it entirely, at his discretion, but it is binding upon him in no particular whatsoever. * * * ” 177 Va. at 878, 879 , 14 S. E. 2d at 284 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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