31 Va. App. 262 - Reel v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Virginia law requires that all cars registered and operated in Virginia undergo an annual safety inspection, regardless of the city or county in which the owner resides. A vehicle bearing a rejection sticker has expressly been found to have mechanical defect of such magnitude that the legislature has declared the vehicle unsafe to operate until the defect is repaired.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ceon Maurice Fauntleroy v. Commonwealth of Virginia · 42 Va. App. 395 - James Henry Fisher v. Commonwealth

2. “defendant's claim that evidence was seized in violation of the Fourth Amendment presents a mixed question of law and fact that we review de novo.... In making such a determination, we give deference to the factual findings of the circuit court, but we independently determine whether the manner in which the evidence was obtained meets the requirements of the Fourth Amendment. The defendant has the burden to show that, considering the evidence in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth, the circuit court's denial of his suppression motion was reversible error.”

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

3. ““No owner or operator shall fail to submit a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer operated on the highways in this Commonwealth to such inspection or fail or refuse to correct or have corrected in accordance with the requirements of this title any mechanical defects found by such inspection to exist.” 5”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 42 Va. App. 395 - James Henry Fisher v. Commonwealth