39 Va. App. 658 - Patterson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
January 2017
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lilly v. Virginia · Eaton v. Commonwealth · Justus v. Commonwealth · Breeden v. Commonwealth · Barker 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an analysis of `public confidence' is inherent in any appellate review of a juror's impartiality and does not depend solely upon a juror's explicit acknowledgement of bias.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Townsend v. Com.
How this case has been treated — in progress
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