172 W. Va. 258 - State v. Oldaker’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably 201 W. Va. 108 - Walker v. West Virginia Ethics Commission. (1997), 173 W. Va. 43 - State v. Kopa (1983)
49 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 Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Sedillo v. United States · Missouri v. Hunter · Albernaz v. United States · Douglas v. Alabama
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“' "[t]he action of a trial court in admitting or excluding evidence in the exercise of its discretion will not be disturbed by the appellate court unless it appears that such action amounts to an abuse of discretion.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage““ ‘Upon motion to direct a verdict for the defendant, the evidence is to be viewed in light most favorable to prosecution. It is not necessary in appraising its sufficiency that the trial court or reviewing court be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt of the guilt of the defendant; the question is whether there is substantial evidence upon which a jury might justifiably find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Syllabus Point 4, State v. Johnson, [159] W.Va. [682], 226 S.E.2d 442 (1976).’ Syllabus Point 5, State v. Woods, [169] W.Va. [767], 289 S.E.2d 500 (1982).” Syl. pt. 4, State v. Oldaker, 172 W.Va. 258 , 304 S.E.2d 843 (1983).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“If a juror, after he is sworn, be unable, from any cause, to perform his duty, the court may, in its discretion, cause another qualified juror to be sworn in his place. And in any criminal case the court may discharge the jury, when it appears that they cannot agree in a verdict, or that there is manifest necessity for such discharge.”
1 later decision 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.