181 W. Va. 700 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 1997
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Denno · 161 W. Va. 517 - State v. Starkey · 169 W. Va. 121 - State v. Persinger · 165 W. Va. 588 - State v. Clawson · 180 W. Va. 342 - State v. England
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Where the record on appeal is inadequate to resolve the merits of a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, we will decline to reach the claim so as to permit the defendant to develop an adequate record in habeas corpus.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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