Avent v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

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50 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]e review a trial court's decision to admit or exclude evidence using an abuse of discretion standard and, on appeal, will not disturb a trial court's decision to admit evidence absent a finding of abuse of that discretion.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carter v. Commonwealth · Dean v. COUNTY SUP'RS OF PRINCE WILLIAM

2. “[w]here the trial court has declined to strike the plaintiff's evidence or to set aside a jury verdict, the standard of appellate review in Virginia requires this Court to consider whether the evidence presented, taken in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, was sufficient to support the jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 21st Century Sys. v. Perot Sys. Govt. Svcs.

3. “courts look to 'the totality of all the surrounding circumstances,' [ Schneckloth , 412 U.S.] at 226, 93 S.Ct. 2041 , including the defendant's background and experience and the conduct of the police, Correll v. Commonwealth , 232 Va. 454 , 464, 352 S.E.2d 352 (1987),”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Secret v. Commonwealth