56 Va. App. 26 - Startin v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
23 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Higginbotham v. Commonwealth · United States v. American-Foreign Steamship Corp. · Ansell v. Commonwealth · Selected Risks Insurance v. Dean · Armstrong 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[b]ecause Code § 18.2-53.1 is aimed at preventing actual physical injury or death, the term `firearm' includes any instrument that is capable of expelling a projectile by force or gunpowder. As importantly, the term firearm in Code § 18.2-53.1 also includes other objects that are not capable of firing projectiles but give the appearance of being able to do so.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“bind[s] all other three-judge panels under the interpanel accord doctrine.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“employed an instrument which gave the appearance of having a firing capability, whether or not the object actually had the capacity to propel a bullet by the force of gunpowder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Startin 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.