214 W. Va. 188 - State v. McCraine’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 194 W. Va. 138 - Chrystal R.M. v. Charlie A.L. · 159 W. Va. 108 - Smith v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 196 W. Va. 294 - State v. LaRock · 196 W. Va. 208 - State Ex Rel. Cooper v. Caperton
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A trial court must grant bifurcation in all cases tried before a jury in which a criminal defendant seeks to contest the validity of any alleged prior conviction as a status element and timely requests that the jury consider the issue of prior conviction separately from the issue of the underlying charge. To the extent that our decision in State v. Nichols, 208 W.Va. 432 , 541 S.E.2d 310 (1999), conflicts with this holding it is hereby modified.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a procedural requirement and `prophylactic standard[] designed to safeguard the right of every [similarly situated] criminal defendant to' a fair trial [and that] it has limited retroactive effect.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“attested by the officer having the legal custody of the record, or by the officer's deputy, and accompanied by a certificate that such officer has the custody.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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