179 W. Va. 681 - State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
December 1997
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 156 W. Va. 385 - State v. Smith · 173 W. Va. 290 - State v. Guthrie · 171 W. Va. 568 - State v. Audia · 159 W. Va. 236 - State v. Spadafore · 128 W. Va. 136 - State v. Lawson
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”
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.