168 W. Va. 718 - State v. Griffith’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · 165 W. Va. 572 - State v. Demastus · 158 W. Va. 111 - State v. Flinn · 154 W. Va. 431 - State Ex Rel. Myers v. Wood · 137 W. Va. 375 - State v. Heston
Most-quoted passages
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“Code, 61-3-39 relates to the knowing issuance of a worthless check in order to obtain any money, services or things of value. It is akin to obtaining property or labor by false pretenses, a Code[,] 61-3-24 crime, including similar provisions delineating felonies from misdemeanors based on the value of ‘property’ taken. Code, 61-3-39a, a different crime, makes it a simple misdemeanor to issue a worthless check for a preexisting debt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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