Tilton v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2009 · most notably Crestar Bank v. Neal (In re Kitchin Equipment Co. of Virginia, Inc.) (1992), Nathan Thomas v. W. K. Cunningham, Jr., Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary (1963)
13 federal appellate · 42 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Mickens v. Commonwealth · Wood v. Commonwealth · Delp 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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“§ 16.1-176. Transfer to other courts; presentment to grand jury; children under fourteen excepted. — (a) If a child fourteen years of age or over is charged with an offense which, if committed by an adult, could be punishable by confinement in the penitentiary the court after an investigation as prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section, and hearing thereon may, in its discretion, retain jurisdiction or certify such child for proper criminal proceedings to the appropriate court of record having criminal jurisdiction of such offenses if committed by an adult; provided, however, that in the event the juvenile court does not so certify a child fourteen years of age or over, charged with an offense which, if committed by an adult, would be punishable by death or confinement in the penitentiary for life or a period of twenty years or more, the Commonwealth’s attorney of the city or county, if he deems it to the public interest, may present the case to the grand jury of the proper court of record, and provided further that if a child fourteen years of age or older who has previously been adjudged to come within the purview of the juvenile and domestic relations court law for committing an offense indicating a viciousness of character, or an offense which, if committed by an adult, could be punishable by confinement in the penitentiary and is subsequently charged with committing a felony, the Commonwealth’s attorney of the city or county, if he deems it to be in the public interes”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“which may include the physical, mental and social conditions and personality of the child or minor and the facts and circumstances surrounding the violation of the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[s]uch a construction would run counter to the principle that `every provision in or part of a statute shall be given effect if possible.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Waller v. Com.
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.