206 W. Va. 300 - State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 2010
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Patton v. Yount · 194 W. Va. 657 - State v. Guthrie · 197 W. Va. 588 - State v. Miller · 167 W. Va. 252 - State v. Payne · 200 W. Va. 280 - State v. Hinkle
Most-quoted passages
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“Where the State’s case is based upon the uncorroborated and uncontradicted identification testimony of a prosecuting witness, it is error not to instruct the jury upon request that, if they believe from the evidence in the case that the crime charged against the defendant rests alone on the testimony of the prosecuting witness, then the jury should scrutinize such testimony with care and caution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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