18 Va. App. 692 - Scott v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
May 2002
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 12 Va. App. 1003 - Lavinder v. Commonwealth · 448 So. 2d 435 - Wysinger v. State · Spruill v. Commonwealth · State v. Bronson · United States v. Harding
Most-quoted passages
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“`An error does not affect a verdict if a reviewing court can conclude, without usurping the [fact finder's] function, that had the error not occurred, the verdict would have been the same.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“A nonconstitutional error is harmless if `it plainly appears from the record and the evidence given at trial that the error did not affect the verdict.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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