3 Va. App. 444 - Johnson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
April 1995
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth · 1 Va. App. 241 - Sutphin v. Commonwealth · People v. Honey · Lewis v. Commonwealth · Bunting v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“confuses one offense with the other, unfairly surprises the defendant with a charge he is unprepared to meet, and, by showing that the accused has a criminal propensity, tends to reverse his presumption of innocence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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