194 W. Va. 276 - State v. Roy’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently October 2017 · most notably 201 W. Va. 554 - State Ex Rel. West Virginia State Police v. Taylor (1997), 195 W. Va. 656 - State v. Miller (1995)
25 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Bagley · Davis v. Alaska · Chambers v. Mississippi · Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · Local 408, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. National Labor Relations Board
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Before any in camera inspection of statutorily protected communications can be justified, a defendant must show both relevancy and a legitimate need for access to the communications. This preliminary showing is not met by bald and unilluminating allegations that the protected communications could be relevant or that the very circumstances of the communications indicate they are likely to be relevant or material to the case. Similarly, an assertion that inspection of the communications is needed only for a possible attack on credibility is also rejected. On the other hand, if a defendant can establish by credible evidence that the protected communications are likely to be useful to his defense, the trial judge should review the communications in camera.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The credibility of a witness may be attacked or supported by evidence in the form of opinion or reputation, but subject to certain limitations. The evidence may refer only to character for truthfulness or untruthfulness. A fair reading of Rule 608(a) of the West Virginia Rules of Evidence provides that a witness may be impeached by proof that the witness is untruthful. Under this rule, no distinction is made between nonparty witnesses and party witnesses. The rule applies with equal force to the defendant in a criminal case. The form of proof may be either “reputation” or “opinion” evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[I]f the defendant can establish by credible evidence that the protected communications are likely to be useful to his defense, the judge should review the communications in camera. In reviewing the protected communications to determine whether they should be released to the defendant, the trial judge should look for evidence such as a witness’s motive to lie against the defendant and for such information that might indicate misidentification or the inability to identify or describe the assailant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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