180 W. Va. 173 - State v. Stewart’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
November 2005
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Edwards v. Arizona · Oregon v. Mathiason · 158 W. Va. 905 - State v. Starr · 162 W. Va. 467 - State v. Vance · 169 W. Va. 121 - State v. Persinger
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘ “ ‘A trial court’s decision regarding the voluntariness of a confession will not be disturbed unless it is plainly wrong or clearly against the weight of the evidence.’ Syllabus Point 3, State v. Vance, 162 W.Va. 467 , 250 S.E.2d 146 (1978).” Syl.Pt. 7, State v. Hickman, 175 W.Va. 709 , 338 S.E.2d 188 (1985).’ Syllabus Point 2, State v. Stewart, 180 W.Va. 173 , 375 S.E.2d 805 (1988).””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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