Thomas v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Baltimore City Department of Social Services v. Bouknight · Brown v. Lukhard · Ansell v. Commonwealth · Woodfin v. Commonwealth · 16 Va. App. 260 - Mason 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an offender could commit multiple unlawful acts of driving [under the influence of alcohol] without fear of being punished for a felony merely because the offender could not be tried and convicted quickly enough between offenses. An interpretation of the statute that allows a defendant to violate it with impunity would be contrary to the clear legislative intent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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