28 Va. App. 249 - Ford v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In assessing whether a detention is too long in duration to be justified as an investigative stop, we consider it appropriate to examine whether the police diligently pursued a means of investigation that was likely to confirm or dispel their suspicions quickly, during which time it was necessary to detain the Defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Morgan

2. “the opportunity of the witness to view the criminal at the time of the crime, the witness’ degree of attention, the accuracy of the witness’ prior description of the criminal, the level of certainty demonstrated by the witness at the confrontation and the length of time between the crime and the confrontation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 40 Va. App. 412 - Blevins v. Commonwealth

3. “Whether a suspect is `in custody' under Miranda is determined by the circumstances of each case, and the ultimate inquiry is simply whether there is a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 42 Va. App. 329 - JD v. Com.