26 Va. App. 620 - Smith v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
2
states following
March 2015
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 4 Va. App. 438 - Martin v. Commonwealth · Barr v. Town & Country Properties, Inc. · Jones v. Conwell · 18 Va. App. 840 - Woolfolk v. Commonwealth · Whittaker 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[there was] no indication in the record that [the area] was blocked, closed, or in any way inaccessible to the public”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“had full access to the property ... with no interruption from the owners of the establishment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, sell or distribute or possess with intent to sell, give or distribute any controlled substance, imitation controlled substance or marijuana at any time while (i) upon the property, including buildings and grounds, of any public or private elementary, secondary, or post secondary school, or any public or private two-year or four-year institution of higher education; (ii) upon public property or any property open to public use within 1,000 feet of such school property....”
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.