220 W. Va. 8 - State v. Doonan’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
October 2015
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Taylor v. Illinois · Colten v. Commonwealth of Kentucky · 157 W. Va. 640 - State v. Thomas · Ludwig v. Massachusetts · North v. Russell
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““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 by State ex rel. R.L. v. Bedell, 192 W.Va. 435 , 452 S.E.2d 893 (1994).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“‘Where improper evidence of a noneonstitutional nature is introduced by the State in a criminal trial, the test to determine if the error is harmless is: (1) the inadmissible evidence must be removed from the State’s ease and a determination made as to whether the remaining evidence is sufficient to convince impartial minds of the defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt; (2) if the remaining evidence is found to be insufficient, the error is not harmless; (3) if the remaining evidence is sufficient to support the conviction, an analysis must then be made to determine whether the error had any prejudicial effect on the jury.’ Syllabus point 2, State v. Atkins, 163 W.Va. 502 , 261 S.E.2d 55 (1979).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[u]ntil an appropriate rule is adopted in the Rules of Criminal Procedure for Magistrate Courts, the provisions of Rule 16 of the West Virginia Rules of Criminal Procedure shall govern the procedures and requirements for discovery in criminal cases which are to be heard on their merits in magistrate courts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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