180 W. Va. 412 - State v. Cole’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
3
states following
June 2004
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Poulos v. State of New Hampshire · Mission Insurance v. United States · 169 W. Va. 191 - State v. Hatfield · State v. Boos · 161 W. Va. 750 - Jordan v. Roberts
Most-quoted passages
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““A party moving for a continuance due to the unavailability of a witness must show: (1) the materiality and importance of the witness to the issues to be tried; (2) due diligence in an attempt to procure the attendance of the witness; (3) that a good possibility exists that the testimony will be secured at some later date; and (4) that the postponement would not be likely to cause an unreasonable delay or disruption in the orderly process of justice.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.