169 W. Va. 177 - State v. Gangwer’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
58 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently April 2017 · most notably 171 W. Va. 342 - State v. Richey (1982), 172 W. Va. 491 - State v. Zaccagnini (1983)
58 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Mullaney v. Wilbur · 161 W. Va. 517 - State v. Starkey · 159 W. Va. 738 - State v. Pendry · 161 W. Va. 530 - State v. Pratt
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The general rule is that a party may not assign as error the giving of an instruction unless he objects, stating distinctly the matters to which he objects and the grounds of his objection.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“[Tjhat widespread publicity, of itself, does not require change of venue, and neither does proof that prejudice exists against an accused, unless it appears that the prejudice against him is so great that he cannot get a fair trial. In other words the defendant must show that he cannot get a fair trial because of the existence of extensive present hostile sentiment. In State v. Boyd, 161 W.Va. 385 , 280 S.E.2d 669 (1981), we discussed the requirements announced in [State v. Pratt [ 161 W.Va. 530 , 244 S.E.2d 227 (1978) ] and explained that the inquiry as to whether a defendant has established good cause for change of venue is not focused on the amount of pre-trial publicity, but on whether the publicity has so pervaded the populace of the county as to preclude a fair trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““As a general rule, the scope of cross-examination is coextensive with, and limited by, the material evidence given on direct examination. See generally, State v. Koch, 75 W.Va. 648 , 84 S.E. 510 (1915); State v. Carr, 65 W.Va. 81 , 63 S.E. 766 (1909); State v. Hatfield, 48 W.Va. 561 , 37 S.E. 626 (1900).” State v. Gangwer, 169 W.Va. 177 , 286 S.E.2d 389, 394 (1982).”
2 later decisions 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.