219 W. Va. 710 - State v. Lanham’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 194 W. Va. 138 - Chrystal R.M. v. Charlie A.L. · 169 W. Va. 191 - State v. Hatfield · 172 W. Va. 295 - State v. Williams · 162 W. Va. 212 - State v. Sims · 201 W. Va. 71 - State Ex Rel. Hechler v. Christian Action Network
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining what consequences should flow from the State’s breach of its duty to preserve evidence, a trial court should consider (1) the degree of negligence or bad faith involved; (2) the importance of the missing evidence considering the probative value and reliability of secondary or substitute evidence that remains available; and (3) the sufficiency of other evidence produced at the trial to sustain the conviction.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“When the government performs a complicated test on evidence that is important to the determination of guilty, and in doing so destroys the possibility of an independent replication of the test, the government must preserve as much documentation of the test as is reasonably possible to allow for a full and fair examination of the results by a defendant and his experts.”
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.