198 W. Va. 441 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Trident Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. · McKnight v. Commonwealth · 192 W. Va. 165 - State v. Derr · United States v. Shorter · 154 W. Va. 771 - State v. Collins
Most-quoted passages
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“When in a prosecution for murder the defendant relies upon self-defense to excuse the homicide and the evidence does not show or tend to show that the defendant was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed the deceased, the defendant will not be permitted to prove that the deceased was of dangerous, violent and quarrelsome character or reputation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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