41 Va. App. 617 - Knight v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 2004
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Epperly v. Commonwealth · Dowden v. Commonwealth · Giarratano v. Commonwealth · Rhodes v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“`[a] design to kill may be formed only a moment before the fatal act is committed provided the accused had time to think and did intend to kill.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“exhibited some emotion during [the police] interview, he also appeared concerned about how other people would view his actions,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“support[ed] a conclusion that [the defendant's] only concern was for himself and not remorse for killing his daughter”
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.