58 Va. App. 744 - Morris v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
July 2019
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Riner v. Com. · 41 Va. App. 250 - Kelly v. Commonwealth · 20 Va. App. 133 - Sandoval v. Commonwealth · Bolden v. Com.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[U]nder the plain language of Code § 18.2-46.2(A), the Commonwealth ... was required to prove that the predicate criminal act appellant participated in with the ... gang was committed 'for the benefit of' or 'at the direction of' or 'in association with' the ... gang.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cabrera v. Barr“committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with the gang”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cabrera v. Barr“does not expressly require that the defendant ha[d] the same, specific objective”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cabrera v. Barr
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.