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← 262 Va. 196 - Shackleford v. Commonwealth

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.

  1. “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
  2. “[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
  3. “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 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.