157 W. Va. 939 - State v. Hudson’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently July 2016 · most notably 180 W. Va. 342 - State v. England (1988), 163 W. Va. 129 - State Ex Rel. McMannis v. Mohn (1979)
5 federal appellate · 25 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 137 W. Va. 1 - State v. Blankenship · State v. . Bell · 140 W. Va. 547 - State v. McGraw · State v. Griffin · American Processing & Sales Co. v. Campbell
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Animus furandi, or the intent to steal or to feloniously deprive the owner permanently of his property, is an essential element in the crime of robbery.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““At common law, the definition of robbery was (1) the unlawful taking and carrying away, (2) of money or goods, (3) from the person of another or in his presence, (4) by force or putting him in fear, (5) with intent to steal the money or goods.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Immaterial, unnecessary and harmless averments, which might be omitted without affecting the charge in an indictment against the accused and which need not be proved, may be properly considered and rejected as surplusage.”
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.