Commonwealth v. Shifflett’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably Yarbrough v. Commonwealth (1999), Young v. Com. (2007)
49 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 Coppola v. Commonwealth · Coe v. Commonwealth · 26 Va. App. 254 - Shifflett v. Commonwealth · 24 Va. App. 538 - Shifflett 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In cases of trial by jury, upon a finding that the defendant is guilty of a felony, a separate proceeding limited to the ascertainment of punishment shall be held as soon as practicable before the same jury.... After the Commonwealth has introduced such evidence of prior convictions, or if no such evidence is introduced, the defendant may introduce relevant, admissible evidence related to punishment.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“capacity of the defendant to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“We perceive no sound reason why the factors that may be considered by a jury in capital murder cases should not likewise be available for consideration by a jury in noncapital cases under § 19.2-295.1. The goal of having an informed jury assess appropriate punishment should be no less essential merely because a noncapital offense is involved.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.