45 Va. App. 407 - Schwartz v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Under basic rules of statutory construction, we examine a statute in its entirety, rather than by isolating particular words or phrases. When the language in a statute is clear and unambiguous, we are bound by the plain meaning of that language. We must determine the General Assembly’s intent from the words appearing in the statute, unless a literal construction of the statute would yield an absurd result.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. In re Moore · 56 Va. App. 253 - Harris v. Commonwealth

2. “[S]ubjecting a defendant to cumulative punishments for the `same offense' violates both state and federal protections against double jeopardy.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 51 Va. App. 386 - Ostrander v. Commonwealth

3. “`the offenses charged in the abstract, without referring to the particular facts of the case under review.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 53 Va. App. 519 - GHEORGHIU v. Commonwealth