174 W. Va. 793 - State v. Manns’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 state decisions

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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Our general rule is that nonjurisdic-tional trial error not raised in the trial court will not be addressed on appeal.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 178 W. Va. 104 - State v. Smith · 177 W. Va. 621 - State v. Linkous

2. ““An indictment for a statutory offense is sufficient if, in charging the offense, it substantially follows the language of the statute, fully informs the accused of the particular offense with which he is charged and enables the court to determine the statute on which the charge is based.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 179 W. Va. 115 - State v. Neary · 175 W. Va. 616 - State v. Miller

3. “Where the indictment, by reference to the offense charged, including the reference to any appropriate statute, clearly indicates that the charge is a felony, the absence of the word “felonious” or words of like import will not render the indictment invalid. We adopt this rule and to the extent State ex rel. Reed v. Boles, 148 W.Va. 770 , 137 S.E.2d 246 (1964), and related cases espouse a per se rule that the omission of the word “felonious” renders a felony indictment invalid, they are overruled.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 178 W. Va. 200 - State v. McKinney