Donovan v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. English · United States v. Silverman · Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Golightly · Hearn v. Commonwealth · Wiley 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A]ppellate review of the trial court's findings of fact is governed by the rule that such findings shall not be set aside unless clearly erroneous. A factual finding is not clearly erroneous if it is supported by substantial evidence. Substantial evidence is evidence which, when taken alone or in light of all the evidence, has sufficient probative value to induce conviction in the mind of a reasonable person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The trial court has the statutory authority to establish restitution and is in the best position to make the appropriate and well-informed decision in a fair and impartial manner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he issue of restitution [rests] solely within the discretion of the trial court.”
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.