218 W. Va. 586 - State v. Reed’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sullivan v. Louisiana · 194 W. Va. 138 - Chrystal R.M. v. Charlie A.L. · 194 W. Va. 657 - State v. Guthrie · 158 W. Va. 647 - State Ex Rel. Grob v. Blair · 203 W. Va. 561 - State v. Salmons
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“[a] conviction and sentence becomes final for purposes of retroactivity analysis when the availability of direct appeal to this Court is exhausted or the time period for such expires. Concededly, the general rule in this country is to apply new law retroactively to cases that were pending on direct appeal at the time the new rule was adopted. Thus, appellate courts are obliged to apply the law as they find it at the time of the judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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