State v. MM’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently June 2016
17 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 145 W. Va. 797 - Overton v. Fields · 160 W. Va. 172 - State Ex Rel . Harris v. Calendine · 325 F. Supp. 781 - Wyatt v. Stickney · 143 W. Va. 648 - Lewis v. Mosorjak · 152 W. Va. 549 - Moore, Kelly & Reddish, Inc. v. Shannondale, Inc.
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he decision to try a juvenile as an adult has enormous and lifelong consequences for the child and for society.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“A finding of fact is a statement of fact in evidence or a fact properly inferable therefrom. Conclusions of law arise from findings of fact based on evidence in the record; evidence that should relate directly to the factors required by statute to be considered; evidence that should constitute clear and convincing proof in support of the conclusions of law set forth. State v. M.M.,_ W.Va. _, 256 S.E.2d 549 at 556 (1979).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Where the findings of fact and conclusions of law justifying an order transferring a juvenile proceeding to the criminal jurisdiction of the circuit court are clearly wrong or against the plain preponderance of the evidence, such findings of fact and conclusions of law must be reversed. W.Va. Code, 49-5-10(a) [1977] [now, 49-5-10(e) [1978]].”
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.