Johnson, Ronald v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Brown v. Ohio · Illinois v. Vitale · Blythe v. Commonwealth · 23 Va. App. 394 - Shears 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must presume that the General Assembly chose, with care, the words that appear in a statute, and must apply the statute in a manner faithful to that choice.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“multiple punishments have been imposed for the same offense in violation of the double jeopardy clause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“add language to [a] statute [that] the General Assembly has not seen fit to include.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.