173 W. Va. 1 - State v. Young’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
75 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently April 2019 · most notably 192 W. Va. 165 - State v. Derr (1994), 204 W. Va. 58 - State v. Rodoussakis (1998)
75 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 North Carolina v. Pearce · Lockett v. Ohio · Brown v. Ohio · Green v. United States · Sheppard v. Maxwell
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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]t cannot be seriously contended that the appellant had no notice of the State’s intention to present evidence of robbery at trial. Indeed, it appears from the record that the first mention of the offense of robbery and of the State’s felony murder theory came from the mouth of defense counsel during his opening remarks to the jury. Moreover, information divulged by the State during pretrial discovery conveyed to defense counsel its intention to present evidence of robbery at trial. Accordingly, we find that the appellant’s claim of unfair surprise is without merit.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he felony murder doctrine, as developed at common law, provides that where a homicide occurs in the course of, or as a result of, a separate, distinct felony, the felonious intent involved in the underlying felony may be transferred to supply the intent to kill necessary to characterize the homicide as murder. See generally 40 Am. Jur. 2d, Homicide, § 72 et seq . (1968) ; Annot. , 13 A.L.R. 4th 1226 (1982).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“After a jury in a case of felony is impaneled and sworn, the court, in its discretion, may order the jury to be placed in the custody of the sheriff or other officer or officers designated by the court until the jury agree upon a verdict or are discharged by the court. While a jury is in the custody of the sheriff or other officer or officers as herein provided, they shall be furnished with suitable board and lodgings by the sheriff or other officer. After a jury has been impaneled no sheriff or other officer shall converse with, or permit anyone else to converse with, a juror unless by leave of the court. When the court orders a jury to be placed in the custody of the sheriff or other officer or officers, the court shall, in its discretion, determine the manner in which such jury shall be kept in custody by the sheriff or other officer or officers until the jury agree upon a verdict or are discharged by the court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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