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56 Va. App. 224 - Kovalaske v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

2010

Citation profile

11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
December 2017
most recently cited

11 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · United States v. Powell · Commonwealth v. Hudson · Parks v. Commonwealth · 41 Va. App. 250 - Kelly 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[n]o ruling of the trial court . . . will be considered as a basis for reversal unless the objection was stated together with the grounds therefor at the time of the ruling, except for good cause shown or to enable the Court of Appeals to attain the ends of justice.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “[T]he main purpose of the rule is to ensure the trial court can `consider the issue intelligently and take any corrective actions necessary to avoid unnecessary appeals, reversals and mistrials.'”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “in order to preserve an issue for appeal, `an objection must be timely made and the grounds stated with specificity.'”
    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.