Shackleford v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
62
cited by 62 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 55 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Yates v. Gober · Mims v. Browning Manufacturing · Higginbotham v. Commonwealth · Nebraska v. Wyoming
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 62 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence after a conviction, we consider that evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, and we affirm the conviction unless it is plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[C]ourts are not permitted to add language to a statute nor are they permitted to accomplish the same result by judicial interpretation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“cures any error or defect in any proceeding held in the juvenile court except with respect to the juvenile's age.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Angel v. Com.
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.