118 W. Va. 501 - State v. Burnette’s Empirical Analysis
1937
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions — most recently December 1994
12 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on White v. Barnes · Brown v. Commonwealth · 87 W. Va. 738 - State v. Boggs · State v. Grove · 118 W. Va. 89 - City of Princeton Ex Rel. Barber v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“All indictments in this State, if procured, found and returned in all other respects as provided by law, shall be sufficient if in the following form: . . . . . . [A generalized or skeleton form is provided.] Found upon the testimony of __________, duly sworn in open court to testify the truth and sent before the grand jury this the________ day of __________, 19__.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Said indictment shall have legibly indorsed on the reverse side thereof the words 'State of West Virginia versus .Indictment for a.(Felony or Misdemeanor, as the case may be). _.•. Foreman of the Grand Jury. Attest: ., Prosecuting Attorney of .. county, West Virginia.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“an indictment... not carrying on its back the indorsement of the prosecuting attorney, is fatally defective on motion to quash.”
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.