158 W. Va. 663 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The presentation to a jury of incriminating and damaging statements which amount to admissions of part or all of an offense, allegedly made by the accused, without first having permitted a determination of the voluntariness thereof out of the presence of the jury, constitutes reversible error.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 161 W. Va. 399 - State v. Sanders

2. ““[I]n relation to the admissibility of statements made by one being interrogated by the police, ... no distinction can be drawn between statements which are direct confessions and statements which amount to admissions of part or all of an offense.” Id. at 763 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 158 W. Va. 905 - State v. Starr