237 W. Va. 616 - State v. Shafer’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on People v. Aaron · State v. Greco · 172 W. Va. 295 - State v. Williams · 180 W. Va. 342 - State v. England · 169 W. Va. 366 - State v. Goodnight
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the increased punishment for an unintended homicide does not deter people from committing dangerous felonies, it will at least encourage criminals to 'plan and carry out such crimes with increased regard for physical dangers.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a]n obvious purpose of the felony murder statute, or any murder statute, is to protect human life”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.