58 Va. App. 711 - English v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Commonwealth v. Hudson · Parks v. Commonwealth · Bolden v. Com. · 12 Va. App. 476 - Campbell 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'[b]odily injury comprehends, it would seem, any bodily hurt whatsoever.' " Bryant v. Commonwealth, 189 Va. 310 , 316, 53 S.E.2d 54 , 57 (1949)(citation omitted) (defining "bodily injury”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]o prove a bodily injury, the victim need not experience any observable wounds, cuts, or breaking of the skin”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the phrase 'bodily injury' its 'everyday, ordinary meaning,' which needs no technical, anatomical definition.”
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.