183 W. Va. 261 - State v. Pickens’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““1. ‘A prosecuting attorney can only appear before the grand jury to present by sworn witnesses evidence of alleged criminal offenses, and to render court supervised instructions, W.Va.Code § 7-4-1 (1976 Replacement Vol.); he is not permitted to influence the grand jury in reaching a decision, nor can he provide unsworn testimonial evidence.’ Syllabus point 2, State ex rel. Miller v. Smith, 168 W.Va. 745 , 285 S.E.2d 500 (1981). “2. ‘A prosecuting attorney who attempts to influence a grand jury by means other than the presentation of evidence or the giving of court supervised instructions, exceeds his lawful jurisdiction and usurps the judicial power of the circuit court and of the grand jury....’ Part, syllabus point 3, State ex rel. Miller v. Smith, 168 W.Va. 745 , 285 S.E.2d 500 (1981).””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State ex rel. Knotts v. Watt · 187 W. Va. 795 - State v. Knotts