Eckhart v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently July 2010 · most notably Commonwealth v. MacOlino (1983), 10 Va. App. 87 - Josephs v. Commonwealth (1990)
2 federal appellate · 46 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 Ritter v. Commonwealth · Clodfelter v. Commonwealth · Gillis v. Commonwealth · Eckhart v. Commonwealth · LaPrade 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“is a factor to be considered with other evidence in determining whether [the accused] had constructive possession”). 3 . Code § 18.2-308.2 provides, in relevant part, that”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Knowledge of the presence and character of the controlled substance may be shown by evidence of the acts, statements or conduct of the accused.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lane v. Commonwealth
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.