49 Va. App. 58 - Wright v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 14 Va. App. 836 - Branch v. Commonwealth · Paul v. Paul · 9 Va. App. 152 - Virginia Real Estate Board v. Clay · 28 Va. App. 187 - Timbers v. Commonwealth · 37 Va. App. 73 - Rollins 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“require trial judges to disregard the mandatory provisions of the statutes when imposing sentence pursuant to a plea and create an anomaly in our sentencing procedures.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wright v. Com.“the plea agreement necessarily included the suspended sentence and post-release supervision as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wright v. Com.“`the law in force on the date a contract is formed determines the rights of its parties.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wright 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.