213 W. Va. 412 - State v. Srnsky’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on City of Houston v. Hill · 194 W. Va. 657 - State v. Guthrie · 201 W. Va. 108 - Walker v. West Virginia Ethics Commission. · 159 W. Va. 738 - State v. Pendry · 82 Ill. 2d 183 - People v. Weathington
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“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“Any person who by threats, menaces, acts or otherwise, forcibly or illegally hinders or obstructs, or attempts to hinder or obstruct, any law-enforcement officer, probation officer or parole officer acting in his or her official capacity is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars or confined in the county or regional jail not more than one year, or both.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“jail not more than one year, or both fined and confined,” replacing the phrase “the county or regional jail not more than one year, or both.” . This statement comes from Deputy Gearde’s testimony before the circuit court. Ms. Davis does not dispute this testimony. . Deputy Gearde was the only witness who testified before the circuit court. . Ms. Davis’ brief states,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.