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← 279 Va. 123 - Harris v. Com.

Harris v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

2010

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 2017
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Beck v. Commonwealth · Adkins v. Dixon · Grattan v. Com. · Townes v. Com.

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

  1. “The provisions of §§ 37.2-903, 37.2-904, and 37.2-905 are procedural and not substantive or jurisdictional. Absent a showing of failure to follow these provisions as a result of gross negligence or willful misconduct, it shall be presumed that there has been substantial compliance with these provisions.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “by granting the Commonwealth's motion to amend its petition to identify the predicate sexually violent offense as abduction with the intent to defile”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “eight years of the life sentence for the abduction conviction”
    1 later decision 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.