168 W. Va. 380 - State v. Taylor’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Simmons v. United States · 160 W. Va. 314 - State Ex Rel. Peacher v. Sencindiver · 162 W. Va. 467 - State v. Vance · 159 W. Va. 738 - State v. Pendry · 165 W. Va. 588 - State v. Clawson
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Once again, the felony-murder rule codified in W.Va.Code, 61-2-1, is constitutional.”
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.