178 W. Va. 365 - State v. Jennings’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
May 1996
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Myers · State v. Piskorski · 161 W. Va. 517 - State v. Starkey · Bruce v. State · 128 W. Va. 299 - Yuncke v. Welker
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In certain circumstances evidence of the flight of the defendant will be admissible in a criminal trial as evidence of the defendant’s guilty conscience or knowledge. Prior to admitting such evidence, however, the trial judge, upon request by either the State or the defendant, should hold an in camera hearing to determine whether the probative value of such evidence outweighs its possible prejudicial effect.”
3 later decisions 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.