177 W. Va. 236 - State v. Holmes’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
July 1997
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 161 W. Va. 517 - State v. Starkey · 163 W. Va. 40 - State v. Burton · 172 W. Va. 534 - State v. Gum · 159 W. Va. 664 - State v. Cokeley · 175 W. Va. 616 - State v. Miller
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A trial judge in a criminal case has a right to control the orderly process of a trial and may intervene into the trial process for such purpose, so long as such intervention does not operate to prejudice the defendant’s case. With regard to evidence bearing on any material issue, including the credibility of witnesses, the trial judge should not intimate any opinion, as these matters are within the exclusive province of the jury.” Syllabus Point 4, State v. Burton, 163 W.Va. 40 , 254 S.E.2d 129 (1979).”
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.