166 W. Va. 505 - State v. Key’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
July 1986
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 157 W. Va. 640 - State v. Thomas · 161 W. Va. 517 - State v. Starkey · 151 W. Va. 1 - State v. Hamric · 151 W. Va. 158 - Morgan v. Price · 151 W. Va. 364 - State v. Riley
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To the extent that defense counsel failed to make certain motions on behalf of the defendant which would normally have been made by an attorney who was reasonably knowledgeable of criminal law, we conclude that his omissions were not prejudicial, would not have in any way influenced the outcome of the case, and must be regarded as harmless error. Syl. pt. 19, State v. Thomas, 157 W.Va. 640 , 203 S.E.2d 445 (1974).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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