174 W. Va. 584 - State v. Samples’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
June 1987
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · 165 W. Va. 588 - State v. Clawson · 165 W. Va. 547 - State v. Grimm · 166 W. Va. 259 - State v. Nuckolls · 156 W. Va. 615 - State v. Grimm
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a trial court grants a pre-trial discovery motion requiring the prosecution to disclose evidence in its possession, non-disclosure by the prosecution is fatal to its case where such non-disclosure is prejudicial. The non-disclosure is prejudicial where the defense is surprised on a material issue and where the failure to make the disclosure hampers the preparation and presentation of the defendant’s case.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Punishing a person who doesn't understand what he is doing or can't control his actions would take us back to the time when the mentally ill were randomly incarcerated or tortured with demonic witch cures. It would be cruel and senseless act....”
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.