151 W. Va. 401 - State v. Legg’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently March 2013 · most notably 204 W. Va. 95 - Kessel v. Leavitt (1998), 163 W. Va. 370 - State v. Eden (1979)
2 federal appellate · 37 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 United States v. Robinson · 147 W. Va. 575 - Lester v. Rose · Hagon John v. Lewis Paullin · 150 W. Va. 330 - Boggs v. Settle · 143 W. Va. 57 - Linger v. Jennings
Most-quoted passages
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“The statute dealing with appellate] review [Code, 58-5-4] was found jurisdictional and mandatory: '[T]he appellate court does not acquire jurisdiction and cannot entertain an appeal unless the appeal petition is filed within the prescribed appeal period.' ” (quoting State v. Legg, 151 W.Va. 401, 406 , 151 S.E.2d 215, 219 (1966)) (footnote omitted) (additional citations omitted)). 11 . Accord W. Va. R. Civ. P. 72 (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“‘In general, the right of review in a criminal case pertains merely to the remedy and is not a natural, inherent, or vested right.In order to obtain a review of a judgment of conviction, accused must resort to the remedies given either by the common law or by statute, and must comply with the procedural requirements prescribed by statute.’ [Citation omitted]. 151 W. Va. at 405 , 151 S.E.2d at 218 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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