223 W. Va. 527 - State v. White’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 2015
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Greer v. Miller · GLK, Inc. v. United States · Exxon Corp. v. Department of Revenue of Wisconsin · In re Disbarment of Alexander · 194 W. Va. 657 - State v. Guthrie
Most-quoted passages
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“[w]e normally presume that a jury will follow an instruction to disregard inadmissible evidence inadvertently presented to it, unless there is an overwhelming probability that the jury will be unable to follow the court’s instructions, and a strong likelihood that the effect of the evidence would be devastating to the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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