175 W. Va. 706 - State v. Adkison’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
4
states following
June 1993
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 162 W. Va. 467 - State v. Vance · 169 W. Va. 121 - State v. Persinger · 165 W. Va. 588 - State v. Clawson · 170 W. Va. 428 - State v. Buck · 163 W. Va. 593 - State v. Rowe
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When the representations of one in authority are calculated to foment hope or despair in the mind of the accused to any material degree, and a confession ensues, it cannot be deemed voluntary.” Syllabus, State v. Parsons, 108 W.Va. 705 , 152 S.E. 745 (1930).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.