Griswold v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 27 state decisions

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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the prior offense must be charged and proven”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Washington v. Com. · 46 Va. App. 276 - Washington v. Com.

2. “Neither party cites, and we are unable to find, any case in which the United States Supreme Court has decided this issue. However, in Nichols , the Supreme Court decided that an uncounseled misdemeanor conviction resulting only in a fine could be used to enhance the punishment for a subsequent conviction. There, we think the Supreme Court made it plain, if it had not done so already, that there is no constitutional right to counsel in a misdemeanor case unless the conviction results in an "actual imprisonment." [ Id. at 117, 472 S.E.2d 789 .][ [14] ]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Reichenbach

3. “unconstitutional and cannot be used... to ... enhance punishment for a subsequent [driving under the influence] conviction.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 27 Va. App. 119 - Samuels v. Commonwealth