State v. Kelley’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 1986
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 162 W. Va. 602 - State v. Frazier · United States v. Dickerson · 167 W. Va. 411 - State v. Daggett · 167 W. Va. 385 - State v. Boyd · 160 W. Va. 673 - State v. Hamrick
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Confessions elicited by law enforcement authorities from persons suspected of crimes who because of mental condition cannot knowledgeably and intelligently waive their right to counsel are inadmissible.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.