57 Va. App. 692 - Congdon v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

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.

1. “The accused or his counsel shall advise the judge or clerk of the juvenile and domestic relations district court, within 10 days after conviction, of his intention to appeal. The appeal shall be noted on the warrant or summons and, if the accused does not withdraw his appeal before the expiration of the 10-day period, the papers shall be filed with the circuit court at the end of such period. Paying a fine or beginning to serve a sentence does not impair the right to appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Giles

2. “because other important constitutional rights of the defendant may be waived by plea agreement, the right to appeal, which is not even guaranteed by the Constitution, but by statute, should also be subject to waiver.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jones v. Commonwealth