171 W. Va. 542 - State v. Mullins’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
May 1992
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Doyle v. Ohio · 157 W. Va. 640 - State v. Thomas · 161 W. Va. 517 - State v. Starkey · 160 W. Va. 234 - State v. Boyd · 163 W. Va. 40 - State v. Burton
Most-quoted passages
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““In order for photographs to come within our gruesome photograph rule established in State v. Rowe, [ 163 W.Va. 593 ], 259 S.E.2d 26 (1979), there must be an initial finding that they are gruesome.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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