41 Va. App. 356 - Peyton v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[u]pon a finding that the defendant voluntarily withdrew from the program, was removed from the program ... for intractable behavior, or failed to comply with the terms and conditions of probation, the court may revoke all or part of the probation and suspended sentence....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 41 Va. App. 496 - Word v. Commonwealth · Peyton v. Com.

2. “that behavior which, in the determination of the Department of Corrections, ... indicates an inmate's unwillingness or inability to conform his behavior to that necessary to his successful completion of the program.”

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

3. “[b]y well established rules of decision the cause deemed by the court to be sufficient for revoking a suspension must be a reasonable cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Peyton v. Com.