195 W. Va. 544 - State v. Richards’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
March 2006
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mattox v. United States · 194 W. Va. 3 - State v. Miller · United States v. Teague · United States v. Duncan · 180 W. Va. 342 - State v. England
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“The plain error doctrine contained in Rule 30 and Rule 52(b) of the West Virginia Rules of Criminal Procedure is identical. It enables this Court to take notice of error, including instructional error occurring during the proceedings, even though such error was not brought to the attention of the trial court. However, the doctrine is to be used sparingly and only in those circumstances .where substantial rights are affected, or the truth-finding process is substantially impaired, or a miscarriage of justice would otherwise result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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