55 Va. App. 122 - Perry v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “it is the settled rule that how erroneous soever may be the reasons of the court for its judgment upon the face of the judgment itself, if the judgment be right, it will not be disturbed on account of the reasons”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 55 Va. App. 653 - Roseborough v. Commonwealth · Perry v. Com.

2. “the parties here were aware at all stages of this case that the courts would look to the Fourth Amendment to determine if Trooper Weidhaas's actions were appropriate—regardless of whether the question involved probable cause or reasonable articulable suspicion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Perry v. Com.

3. “certainly had probable cause to believe that [Perry] possessed illegal drugs—either by having joint or constructive possession of the drugs originally in Sprurgeon's hand or by having actual possession of other drugs that the officer had not yet seen.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Perry v. Com.