213 W. Va. 535 - State v. Kent’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
April 2009
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Medina v. California · Cooper v. Oklahoma · 165 W. Va. 572 - State v. Demastus · 159 W. Va. 691 - State v. Milam · 159 W. Va. 158 - State v. Arnold
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No person may be subjected to trial on a criminal charge when, by virtue of mental incapacity, the person is unable to consult with his attorney and to assist in the preparation of his defense with a reasonable degree of rational understanding of the nature and object of the proceedings against him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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