47 Va. App. 390 - Colbert v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 45 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Connecticut Department of Public Safety v. Doe · Artway v. Attorney General of New Jersey · 28 Va. App. 187 - Timbers v. Commonwealth · Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Board of County Supervisors · Board of Supervisors v. King Land Corp.
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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Id . at 111. The defendant argued that based on the plain language of the registration requirement it did not apply to him because there was not an actual minor victim in his case. Id . at 112. The court considered the purpose of the sex offender registration requirement and concluded that the defendant's act of computer solicitation for sex with a minor”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a] provision of a section of a statute ought not to receive a mere literal interpretation, when it would contravene the intention of the [l]egislature apparent from the other sections and provisions thereof, but the words are to be expanded or qualified to effectuate the intention.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“`to search out and follow the true intent of the legislature, and to adopt that sense of the words which harmonizes best with the context, and promotes in the fullest manner the apparent policy and objects of the legislature.'”
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.