Bolden v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

164 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 164 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 to support a conviction, the Court will affirm the judgment unless the judgment is plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.”

   12 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Redmond v. Commonwealth · 54 Va. App. 47 - Ghameshlouy v. Commonwealth

2. “[O]ur appellate review 'is not limited to the evidence mentioned by a party in trial argument or by the trial court in its ruling.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kim v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. White

3. “an appellate court must consider all the evidence admitted at trial that is contained in the record,”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 56 Va. App. 166 - Smith v. Commonwealth · Bowman v. Commonwealth