170 W. Va. 40 - State v. Maynard’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently April 2017 · most notably 193 W. Va. 147 - State v. McGinnis (1994), 171 W. Va. 342 - State v. Richey (1982)
22 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 157 W. Va. 209 - State v. West · 165 W. Va. 266 - State v. Stone · 161 W. Va. 127 - State v. Stewart · 167 W. Va. 748 - State v. Rector · 159 W. Va. 404 - State v. Basham
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. Before a physical object connected with a crime may properly be admitted into evidence, it must be shown that the object is in substantially the same condition as when the crime was committed. Factors to be considered in making this determination are: (1) the nature of the article, (2) the circumstances surrounding its preservation and custody, and (3) the likelihood of intermeddlers tampering with it. 2. The preliminary issue of whether a sufficient chain of custody has been shown to permit the admission of physical evidence is for the trial court to resolve. Absent abuse of discretion, that decision will not be disturbed on appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““At common law ‘infamous’ crimes were treasons or felonies which were deemed to render their perpetrators infamous. ... In Isaacs v. Board of Ballot Commissioners, 122 W.Va. 703 , 12 S.E.2d 510 (1940), we followed this definition and concluded that ‘infamous’ crimes were felonies or offenses punishable by death or imprisonment in the state penitentiary.” (Citations omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The effect of less gross delays upon a defendant’s due process rights must be determined by a trial court by weighing the reasons for delay against the impact of the delay upon the defendant’s ability to defend himself.””
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.