204 W. Va. 267 - State v. Boggess’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
3
states following
January 2017
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Douglas v. Alabama · 194 W. Va. 657 - State v. Guthrie · 195 W. Va. 512 - Gentry v. Mangum · 149 W. Va. 246 - Barnett v. Wolfolk · 200 W. Va. 280 - State v. Hinkle
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[t]his Court may, on appeal, affirm the judgment of the lower court when it appears that such judgment is correct on any legal ground disclosed by the record, regardless of the ground, reason or theory assigned by the lower court as the basis for its judgment.” Syl. Pt. 3, Barnett v. Wolfolk, 149 W.Va. 246 , 140 S.E.2d 466 (1965); see also Cumberland Chevrolet Oldsmobile Cadillac, Inc. v. General Motors Corp., 187 W.Va. 535, 538 , 420 S.E.2d 295 , 298 n. 4 (1992)(stating that “even if the reasoning of a trial court is in error ... we are not bound by a trial court’s erroneous reasoning”); State ex rel. Dandy v. Thompson, 148 W.Va. 263, 274 , 134 S.E.2d 730, 737 , cert. denied, 379 U.S. 819 , 85 S.Ct. 39 , 13 L.Ed.2d 30 (1964)(stating in criminal context that “correctness of ... [trial court’s] final action is the only material consideration, not the stated reasons for [the trial court’s] taking such action”).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A trial court’s instructions to the jury must be a correct statement of the law and supported by the evidence. Jury instructions are reviewed by determining whether the charge, reviewed as a whole, sufficiently instructed the jury so they understood the issues involved and were not misled by the law. A jury instruction cannot be dissected on appeal; instead, the entire instruction is looked at when determining its accuracy. A trial court, therefore, has broad discretion in formulating its charge to the jury, so long as the charge accurately reflects the law. Deference is given to a trial court’s discretion concerning the specific wording of the instruction, and the precise extent and character of any specific instruction will be reviewed only for an abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The function of an appellate court when reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction is to examine the evidence admitted at trial to determine whether such evidence, if believed, is sufficient to convince a reasonable person of the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Thus, the relevant inquiry is whether after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime proved beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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