163 W. Va. 352 - State v. Trail’s Empirical Analysis

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23 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where the findings of fact and conclusions of law justifying an order transferring a juvenile proceeding to the criminal jurisdiction of the circuit court are clearly wrong or against the plain preponderance of the evidence, such findings of fact and conclusions of law must be reversed. W.Va. Code, 49-5-10(a) [1977] [now, 49-5-10(e) [1978]].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 180 W. Va. 105 - In the Interest of H.J.D.

2. “[t]he relevant inquiry under this standard is prejudice to the defendant resulting from either surprise on a material issue or where the nondisclosure hampers the preparation and presentation of the defendant's case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 172 W. Va. 247 - State v. Meadows