167 W. Va. 900 - State v. Echard’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 165 W. Va. 572 - State v. Demastus · 149 W. Va. 324 - State Ex Rel. Whytsell v. Boles · 159 W. Va. 158 - State v. Arnold · State v. Boles · State ex rel. Widmyer v. Boles
Most-quoted passages
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““Under our statute for the civil commitment of the mentally ill either incident of intentional, self-destructive, mutilation would have supported the appellant’s involuntary commitment as being mentally ill. See, W.Va.Code, 27-5-3 [1979], We believe that either incident should have indicated potential mental illness to the trial judge and should have prompted him to order a mental examination.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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