28 Va. App. 781 - Commonwealth v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently July 2012
13 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 14 Va. App. 836 - Branch v. Commonwealth · Richard L. Deal & Associates, Inc. v. Commonwealth · Browning-Ferris, Inc. v. Commonwealth · 22 Va. App. 658 - Dicker v. Commonwealth · 16 Va. App. 983 - Moffitt v. Commonwealth
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This section shall apply only where the conviction resulted from a suspension or revocation ordered pursuant to (i) [Code] § 46.2-395 for failure to pay fines and costs, (ii) [Code] § 46.2-549 for failure to furnish proof of financial responsibility, or (in) [Code] § 46.2-417 for failure to satisfy a judgment....” 1”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“any person who has been found to be an habitual offender, where the determination or adjudication was based entirely upon convictions as set out in subdivision 1 c of § 46.2-351 [for driving after his license has been suspended or revoked], may, after payment in full of all outstanding fines, costs and judgments relating to his determination, and furnishing proof of financial responsibility, if applicable, petition this court... for restoration of his privilege to drive a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Byrd v. Commonwealth“[Wjhere a conviction for driving on a revoked or suspended license on an offense committed when the driver is under more than one suspension or revocation, it is rendered under all such suspensions and revocations. Although only a single conviction results from the act of driving, the statutory scheme does not permit a court to choose a particular suspension or revocation upon which to base a conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Byrd v. Commonwealth
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.