Carpitcher v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

35 state decisions

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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “is not merely cumulative, corroborative or collateral.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 56 Va. App. 391 - Turner v. Commonwealth · 68 Va. App. 797 - Gary Linwood Bush v. Commonwealth of Virginia

2. “evidence supporting a petition for a writ of actual innocence based on non-biological evidence must be true.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 56 Va. App. 391 - Turner v. Commonwealth · 68 Va. App. 797 - Gary Linwood Bush v. Commonwealth of Virginia

3. “If the Court of Appeals determines ... that a resolution of the case requires further development of the facts, the court may order the circuit court in which the order of conviction was originally entered to conduct a hearing ... to certify findings of fact with respect to such issues as the Court of Appeals shall direct.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 56 Va. App. 391 - Turner v. Commonwealth · 54 Va. App. 458 - Turner v. Commonwealth