58 Va. App. 451 - Barson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
June 2012
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Miller v. California · Bouie v. City of Columbia · Barr v. Town & Country Properties, Inc. · S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“§ 18.2-372. "Obscene" defined. The word " obscene " where it appears in this article shall mean that which, considered as a whole, has as its dominant theme or purpose an appeal to the prurient interest in sex, that is, a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, excretory functions or products thereof or sadomasochistic abuse, and which goes substantially beyond customary limits of candor in description or representation of such matters and which, taken as a whole, does not have serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Barson v. Com.“Harassment by computer; penalty. . . . If any person, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, or harass any person, shall use a computer or computer network to communicate obscene, vulgar, profane, lewd, lascivious, or indecent language, or make any suggestion or proposal of an obscene nature, or threaten any illegal or immoral act, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Barson v. Com.“that he sent the e-mails because he was angry, hurt, and embarrassed. He was also trying to `get a response' from [his wife]. Barson additionally testified he assumed that by forwarding the e-mails to her friends and family members, [his wife] would be embarrassed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Barson v. Com.
How this case has been treated — in progress
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