Hernandez v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 22 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[Djuring the interval between the conclusion of the evidence and the entry of a written order adjudicating the defendant guilty, the circuit court ha[s] the inherent power, in the exercise of its discretion, to take the matter under advisement and to continue the case for future disposition, subject to such lawful conditions as the court might prescribe.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. William Gabriel Starrs v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 63 Va. App. 525 - James Albert Harris, III v. Commonwealth of Virginia

2. “has no inherent authority to depart from the range of punishment legislatively prescribed”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lewis v. Commonwealth · Jones v. Commonwealth

3. “enters a written order finding the defendant guilty of a crime.”

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