Riley v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Gross negligence" is culpable or criminal when accompanied by acts of commission or omission of a wanton or wilful nature, showing a reckless or indifferent disregard of the rights of others, under circumstances reasonably calculated to produce injury, or which make it not improbable that injury will be occasioned, and the offender knows, or is charged with the knowledge of, the probable result of his acts.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bryant v. Commonwealth · Crystal Ann Coomer v. Commonwealth of Virginia

2. “In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, '[w]e consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the ... prevailing party in the circuit court, and we accord the [prevailing party] the benefit of all reasonable inferences deducible from the evidence.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Giddens · Rich v. Commonwealth

3. “unless it appears from the evidence that such judgment is plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Giddens · Rich v. Commonwealth