2 Va. App. 383 - Pierce v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
March 1993
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boggs v. Commonwealth · State v. Fowler · Fleenor v. Commonwealth · Jones v. Commonwealth · Marshall v. Goughnour
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We hold that under the facts of the case the part of the confession, “my P.O. wants to put me back in prison,” is not admissible evidence since it is totally irrelevant, not probative of any issue, and is prejudicial to Pierce because it discloses that he is a parolee and has a criminal record. The objection able portion of the statement can easily be separated from the remainder of the admission without adverse effect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Complete certainty as to an utterance’s true meaning can be ascertained only by considering every word in it. The change, omission, or addition of even a single word may radically alter the meaning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“in which part of the statement contains irrelevant and immaterial evidence, which is not admissible”
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.