State v. Thornton’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 194 W. Va. 657 - State v. Guthrie · 196 W. Va. 294 - State v. LaRock · 172 W. Va. 295 - State v. Williams · 207 W. Va. 640 - State v. Vance · 194 W. Va. 446 - In Re Christina L.
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.
“[G]reat deference should be afforded to the decision of the jury, because the jury has heard all the evidence, and has had the opportunity to weigh the credibility of witnesses and the strength of the evidence. ‘The jury is the trier of the facts and in performing that duty it is the sole judge as to the weight of the evidence and the credibility of the witnesses.’ Syllabus point 2, State v. Bailey, 151 W.Va. 796 , 155 S.E.2d 850 (1967).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McBride v. Lavigne
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.