188 W. Va. 229 - State v. Michael S.’s Empirical Analysis

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18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘Before transfer of a juvenile to criminal court, a juvenile court judge must make a careful, detailed analysis into the child’s mental and physical condition, maturity, emotional attitude, home or family environment, school experience and other similar personal factors.’ W.Va.Code, 49-5 — 10(d).” Syl.Pt. 4, State v. C.J.S., 164 W.Va. 473 , 263 S.E.2d 899 (1980), overruled in part on other grounds [sub nom.] State v. Petry, 166 W.Va. 153, 273 S.E.2d 346 (1980) and State ex rel. Cook v. Helms, [170] W.Va. [200], 292 S.E.2d 610 (1981).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Joseph M.