39 Va. App. 752 - Hines v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. Commonwealth · 2 Va. App. 590 - Jordan v. Commonwealth · Eastern Central Motor Carriers Ass'n v. Interstate Commerce Commission · Campbell v. Commonwealth · Thomas v. Kerby
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Hines v. Commonwealth, 39 Va.App. 752, 756 , 576 S.E.2d 781, 783 (2003) (quoting Jones v. Commonwealth, 3 Va.App. 295, 300-01 , 349 S.E.2d 414, 417-18 (1986) (explaining that the gravamen of the crime of larceny is the taking of property from its owner)). Indeed,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The legislature in its discretion may determine the appropriate `unit of prosecution' and set the penalty for separate violations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[e]ach summons has a separate existence with separate consequences and effects.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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