State v. Riley’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
September 1995
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 161 W. Va. 517 - State v. Starkey · 166 W. Va. 153 - State v. Petry · 131 W. Va. 141 - State v. Cutlip · 167 W. Va. 501 - State v. Andriotto · 131 W. Va. 459 - State v. Varner
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If any person shall, at any time, break and enter, or shall enter without breaking, any ... steamboat or other boat or vessel, within the jurisdiction of any county in this State, with intent to commit a felony or any larceny, he shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in the penitentiary not less than one nor more than ten years....”
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.