Perez v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
April 2016
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 24 Va. App. 30 - McBride v. Commonwealth · Wilson v. Commonwealth · Palmer v. Com. · Overbey 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The issue upon appellate review is `whether, after reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Jones v. Com. · Com. v. Anderson“[p]rior convictions may be proved by any competent evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McMillan 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.