State v. Blair’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 154 W. Va. 397 - State Ex Rel. Carson v. Wood · 158 W. Va. 111 - State v. Flinn · 154 W. Va. 431 - State Ex Rel. Myers v. Wood · 170 W. Va. 259 - State v. Less · 151 W. Va. 709 - Sommerville v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““1. ‘A criminal statute must be set out with sufficient definiteness to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his contemplated conduct is prohibited by statute and to provide adequate standards for adjudication.’ Syl. pt. 1, State v. Flinn, 158 W.Va. 111 , 208 S.E.2d 538 (1974). ****** “3. ‘Criminal statutes, which do not impinge upon First Amendment freedoms or other similarly sensitive constitutional rights, are tested for certainty and definiteness by construing the statute in light of the conduct to which it is applied.’ Syl. pt. 3, State v. Flinn, 158 W.Va. 111 , 208 S.E.2d 538 (1974).””
1 later decision 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.