220 W. Va. 398 - State v. Thompson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[a]n unpreserved error is deemed plain and affects substantial rights only if the reviewing court finds the lower court skewed the fundamental fairness or basic integrity of the proceedings in some major respect. In clear terms, the plain error rule should be exercised only to avoid a miscarriage of justice. The discretionary authority of this Court invoked by lesser eiTors should be exercised sparingly and should be reserved for the correction of those few errors that seriously affect the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the judicial proceedings.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 222 W. Va. 607 - State v. Woodson

2. “when a judge's conduct ... evidences a lack of impartiality and neutrality, or when a judge otherwise discloses that the judge has abandoned his role of impartiality and neutrality as imposed by the Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution, we will reverse and remand the case for a new trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 225 W. Va. 753 - State v. Fields

3. “a criminal defendant is entitled to an impartial and neutral judge.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 225 W. Va. 753 - State v. Fields