32 Va. App. 14 - Delcid v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
February 2012
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 4 Va. App. 438 - Martin v. Commonwealth · 12 Va. App. 65 - Stein v. Commonwealth · 18 Va. App. 242 - Richards v. Commonwealth · 27 Va. App. 442 - Ricks 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a single blade with a two-part hinged handle, which folds to enclose the blade. A person holding one part of the closed handle can flip the other part open, leaving the blade exposed and locked, thus creating a straight-bladed knife approximately nine inches long. The blade is four inches long, with a sharp point. One edge of the blade is sharpened. The other is not.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“‘circumstances surrounding its possession and uses’”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Common experience teaches that bladed instruments may be possessed and used for non-aggressive as well as aggressive purposes. In the former instance, they are deemed implements; in the latter, weapons. Any given bladed instrument may fall into either category or both, depending on the circumstances and purpose surrounding its possession and use.”
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.