Baldwin v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Riner v. Com. · Merritt v. Commonwealth · Burns v. Commonwealth · Burns v. Com. · 20 Va. App. 562 - Haywood 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In accordance with familiar principles of appellate review, the facts will be stated in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the prevailing party at trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“We also accord the Commonwealth the benefit of all inferences fairly deducible from the evidence.”
2 later decisions 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.