170 W. Va. 443 - State v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
2
states following
January 2007
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 158 W. Va. 905 - State v. Starr · 169 W. Va. 121 - State v. Persinger · 163 W. Va. 93 - State v. Lamp
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The State must prove, at least by a preponderance of the evidence, that confessions or statements of an accused which amount to admissions on part or all of an offense were voluntary before such may be admitted into the evidence of a criminal case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“where credibility was the sole issue in a suppression hearing, we [will] not conclude that a judge abused his discretion in holding a confession [or statement] admissible.”
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.