Clark v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 32 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If there is evidence to support the convictions, the reviewing court is not permitted to substitute its own judgment, even if its opinion might differ from the conclusions reached by the finder of fact at the trial.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kareem Donte Barlow v. Commonwealth of Virginia · Startin v. Com.

2. ““occurs when an assailant engages in an overt act intended to inflict bodily harm [while he] has the present ability to inflict such harm or [the assailant] engages in an overt act intended to place the victim in fear or apprehension of bodily harm and creates such reasonable fear or apprehension in the victim.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Thomas James Synan, II v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 56 Va. App. 324 - Parish v. Commonwealth

3. “the evidence in the light most favorable to the prevailing party at trial and consider[s] all inferences fairly deducible from that evidence.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Startin v. Com. · Courtney v. Com.