Cypress v. Com.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"[w]hether such an error is harmless in a particular case depends upon a host of factors, all readily accessible to reviewing courts. These factors include the importance of the [tainted evidence] in the prosecution's case, whether [that evidence] was cumulative, the presence or absence of evidence corroborating or contradicting the [tainted evidence] on material points . . . and, of course, the overall strength of the prosecution's case."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Crawford v. Com.

2. “the procedure established in former Code § 19.2-187.1 did not adequately safeguard a criminal defendant's rights under the Confrontation Clause”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brooks v. Com.

3. “`be confronted with' the analysts at trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Aguilar v. Com.