215 W. Va. 592 - Coleman v. Painter’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
September 2009
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Bullock v. United States · 194 W. Va. 657 - State v. Guthrie · 194 W. Va. 3 - State v. Miller · 196 W. Va. 294 - State v. LaRock
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In an `Alford plea,' a criminal defendant pleads guilty while proclaiming his innocence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.