177 W. Va. 1 - State v. Short’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
November 1997
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Calder et Wife, v. Bull et Wife. · State v. RH · 166 W. Va. 280 - State v. R. H.
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) Every law that makes an action done before the passing of the law, and which was innocent when done, criminal, and punishes such action; (2) every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was when committed; (3) every law that changes the punishment, and inflicts a greater punishment than the law annexed to the crime when committed; (4) every law that alters the legal rules of evidence, and receives less or different testimony than the law required at the commission of the offense, in order to convict the offender.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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