216 W. Va. 237 - State v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘The West Virginia Rules of Evidence ... allocate significant discretion to the trial court in making evidentiary ... rulings. Thus, rulings on the admissibility of evidence ... are committed to the discretion of the trial court. Absent a few exceptions, this Court will review evidentiary ... rulings of the circuit court under an abuse of discretion standard.’ Syllabus Point 1, in part, McDougal v. McCammon, 193 W.Va. 229 , 455 S.E.2d 788 (1995).” Syllabus Point 9, Smith v. First Community Bancshares, Inc., 212 W.Va. 809 , 575 S.E.2d 419 (2002).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 222 W. Va. 214 - State v. Cyrus

2. ““ ‘The action of a trial court in admitting or excluding evidence in the exercise of its discretion will not be disturbed by the appellate court unless it appears that such action amounts to an abuse of discretion.’ Syllabus point 10, State v. Huffman, 141 W.Va. 55 , 87 S.E.2d 541 (1955), overruled on other grounds, State ex rel. R.L. v. Bedell, 192 W.Va. 435 , 452 S.E.2d 893 (1994).” Syllabus Point 1, State v. Calloway, 207 W.Va. 43 , 528 S.E.2d 490 (1999).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 235 W. Va. 312 - State of West Virginia v. William B. Murray