170 W. Va. 249 - State Ex Rel. Shorter v. Hey’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently April 2014 · most notably 176 W. Va. 454 - State v. Davis (1986), 169 W. Va. 456 - State v. Gwinn (1982)
39 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 89 Wash. 2d 788 - State v. MacK · 150 W. Va. 571 - State v. Fortner · 166 W. Va. 743 - State Ex Rel. Skinner v. Dostert · 149 W. Va. 324 - State Ex Rel. Whytsell v. Boles · 146 W. Va. 534 - State v. De Berry
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The determination of what is good cause, pursuant to W. Va.Code, 62-3-1, for a continuance of a trial beyond the term of indictment is in the sound discretion of the trial court, and when good cause is determined a trial court may, pursuant to W. Va.Code, 62-3-1, grant a continuance of a trial beyond the term of indictment at the request of either the prosecutor or defense, or upon the court’s own motion.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“Whereas W. Va.Code § 62-3-1, provides a defendant with a statutory right to a trial in the term of his indictment, it is W. Va.Code § 62-3-21, rather than W. Va. Code § 62-3-1 , which is the legislative adoption or declaration of what ordinarily constitutes a speedy trial within the meaning of U.S. Const., amend. VI and W. Va. Const., art. Ill, § 14.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“"Every person charged by presentment or indictment with a felony or misdemeanor, and remanded to a court of competent jurisdiction for trial, shall be forever discharged from prosecution for the offense, if there be three regular terms of such court, after the presentment is made or the indictment is found against him, without a trial, unless the failure to try him was caused by his insanity; or by the witnesses for the State being enticed or kept away, or prevented from attending by sickness or inevitable accident; or by a continuance granted on the motion of the accused; or by reason of his escaping from jail, or failing to appear according to his recognizance, or of the inability of the jury to agree in their verdict....””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.