Commonwealth v. Padilla’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
September 2006
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sandstrom v. Montana · Malloy v. Hogan · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Leary v. United States · Shelley v. Kraemer
Most-quoted passages
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“[i]n any prosecution for a violation of... clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of § 18.2-266 ... the amount of alcohol or drugs in the blood of the accused at the time of the alleged offense as indicated by a chemical analysis of a sample of the accused’s blood or breath to determine the alcohol or drug content of his blood ... shall give rise to the following presumptions. ... (3) If there was at that time 0.08 percent or more by weight by volume of alcohol in the accused’s blood or 0.08 grams or more per 210 liters of the accused’s breath, it shall be presumed that the accused was under the influence of alcohol intoxicants at the time of the alleged offense....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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