222 W. Va. 152 - State v. Carney’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 194 W. Va. 657 - State v. Guthrie · 134 W. Va. 357 - State v. Johnson · 179 W. Va. 771 - State Ex Rel. Wilmoth v. Gustke · 172 W. Va. 706 - State v. Jarvis · 205 W. Va. 673 - State v. Phillips
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any person who by ... acts or otherwise, forcibly ... obstructs, or attempts to ... obstruct, any law-enforcement officer ... acting in his or her official capacity is guilty of a misdemeanor....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“forcible or illegal conduct that interferes with a police officer's discharge of official duties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“lawful conduct is not sufficient to establish the statutory offense.”
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.