200 W. Va. 53 - State v. Sampson’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 194 W. Va. 657 - State v. Guthrie · 194 W. Va. 97 - Tennant v. Marion Health Care Foundation, Inc. · 169 W. Va. 366 - State v. Goodnight · 165 W. Va. 741 - State v. Craft · 148 W. Va. 742 - State Road Commission v. Ferguson
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he true test of whether a juror should be struck for cause is whether that juror can render a verdict based solely on the evidence. The trial court is afforded considerable discretion in this determination, and we will reverse the trial court’s decision only if there has been an abuse of discretion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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