Pijor v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Ashe v. Swenson · Stamper v. Commonwealth · Dowden v. Commonwealth · Williams v. Com.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Rather, the relevant question is, upon review of the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he judgment of the trial court is presumed correct and will not be disturbed unless it is 'plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Williams v. Commonwealth , 278 Va. 190 , 193, 677 S.E.2d 280 , 282 (2009) (emphasis in original) (quoting Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U.S. 307 , 318-19, 99 S.Ct. 2781 , 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979) ).”
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.