48 Va. App. 333 - McGowan v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
November 2007
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harris v. New York · United States v. Knox · 4 Va. App. 438 - Martin v. Commonwealth · LeVasseur v. Commonwealth · Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“only as evidence of the defendant's intent, opportunity or as evidence of the absence of mistake or accident on the part of the defendant in connection with the offense for which she is on trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McGowan v. Com.“[t]he trial court properly admitted the evidence of McGowan's subsequent possession of cocaine in order to prove her knowledge of cocaine, as well as to impeach her credibility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McGowan v. Com.“turned her back, reached down into her bra and handed [the Detective] two items . . . wrapped in small pieces of plastic.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McGowan v. Com.
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.