33 Va. App. 463 - Adams v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
2 district · 13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 6 Va. App. 507 - Servis v. Commonwealth · 20 Va. App. 133 - Sandoval v. Commonwealth · 12 Va. App. 476 - Campbell v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Jenkins · 27 Va. App. 505 - Marable 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[p]roving intent by direct evidence often is impossible. Like any other element of a crime, it may be proved by circumstantial evidence, as long as such evidence excludes all reasonable hypotheses of innocence flowing from it. Circumstantial evidence of intent may include the conduct and statements of the alleged offender, and “[t]he finder of fact may infer that [he] intends the natural and probable consequences of his acts.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“One cannot be convicted of assault and battery 'without an intention to do bodily harm -- either an actual intention or an intention imputed by law . . . .'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'[T]he slightest touching of another . . . if done in a rude, insolent, or angry manner, constitutes a battery for which the law affords redress.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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