49 Va. App. 115 - Alston v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
November 2015
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on United States v. Booker · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Blakely v. Washington · Ring v. Arizona · Schafler v. Spear
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]t the time the court imposes sentence upon a conviction for any felony offense . . . the court . . . shall, in addition to any other punishment imposed . . . impose a term of postrelease supervision of not less than six months nor more than three years.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alston v. Com.“This statute[, Code § 19.2-295.2,] does not require that a trial court find proof of particular facts independent of the jury's conviction. The trial court here did not make any factual determinations beyond those implicit in the jury's conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alston v. Com.
How this case has been treated — in progress
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