39 Va. App. 314 - Alsberry v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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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.

1. ““When a defendant fails to comply with the terms and conditions of a suspended sentence, the trial court has the power to revoke the suspension of the sentence in whole or in part. ‘A trial court has broad discretion to revoke a suspended sentence ... based on Code § 19.2-306, which allows a court to do so for any cause deemed by it sufficient.’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 41 Va. App. 496 - Word v. Commonwealth · 59 Va. App. 13 - Downey v. Commonwealth

2. “[T]he issue at a revocation proceeding is not what sentence to impose upon the defendant for his prior criminal conviction, but whether to continue all or any portion of a previously imposed and suspended sentence due to the defendant’s failure to abide by the terms of his probation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 57 Va. App. 171 - Canty v. Commonwealth