206 W. Va. 390 - State v. Swafford’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
November 2008
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 178 W. Va. 631 - Nicholas v. Sammons · 206 W. Va. 420 - State v. Stephens · 32 Va. App. 72 - Williams v. Williams
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Wearing the cloak of the office, a prosecutor can therefore usually exercise great influence upon jurors. Because of this, the conduct and language of the prosecutor in a trial in which the accused’s liberty is at stake should be forceful but fair, based upon the evidence, and not directed towards gaining a conviction through the aid of passion, prejudice or resentment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. State v. Hamrick
How this case has been treated — in progress
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