33 Va. App. 47 - O'Banion v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “On its face, the criminal trespass statute appears strikingly similar to common law civil trespass. As a penal statute, however, the Virginia criminal trespass statute has been uniformly construed to require a willful trespass.... “Criminal intent is an essential element of the statutory offense of trespass, even though the statute is silent as to intent.... ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 35 Va. App. 610 - Lawson v. Commonwealth

2. “`a keen-edged cutting instrument made with the cutting blade and handle in one (as a straight razor) or with the cutting blade inserted into a holder (as a safety razor or electric razor) and used chiefly for shaving or cutting the hair.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harris v. Com.

3. “by incorporating a razor blade, the box[] cutter combine[d] the fine-edged sharpness of a straight razor with the retracting capacity of a locked-blade knife.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harris v. Com.