State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State v. Atkins

Decided July 17, 1979. Thomas B. Miller wrote the opinion for the court.

261 S.E.2d 55 · Cited 145 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Kotteakos v. United States · 328 U.S. 750
State v. McAboy · 236 S.E.2d 431
State v. Ramey · 212 S.E.2d 737
Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1
People v. Mayrant · 43 N.Y.2d 236
People v. Dickman · 42 N.Y.2d 294
State v. Frazier · 252 S.E.2d 39
State v. Pratt · 244 S.E.2d 227
State v. Shaffer · 257 So. 2d 121
State v. Simon · 52 S.E.2d 725
State v. Best · 186 S.E.2d 1
State v. Hariott · 42 S.E.2d 385
State Ex Rel. Moran v. Ziegler · 244 S.E.2d 550
State v. Outen · 118 S.E.2d 175
Goldsby v. State · 123 So. 2d 429
People v. King · 240 Cal. App. 2d 389
People v. Morrison · 67 Cal. App. 3d 425
Virginia v. Flint · 96 S.E.2d 677
Plymale v. Commonwealth · 195 Va. 582
Wooden v. Commonwealth · 208 Va. 629
People v. Morse · 342 N.E.2d 307
Commonwealth v. King · 455 Pa. 363
Brooks v. State · 228 So. 2d 24
State v. Avery · 180 S.E.2d 190
Eaton v. County Court of Cabell County · 85 S.E.2d 648

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State ex rel. Koppers Co. v. International Union of Oil Chemical & Atomic Workers · 171 W. Va. 290
State v. Haverty · 267 S.E.2d 727
State v. Evans · 287 S.E.2d 922
State v. Hall · 304 S.E.2d 43
State v. Ferrell · 399 S.E.2d 834
State of W. Va. v. Fitch · 263 S.E.2d 889
State Ex Rel. Koppers v. INTERN. UNION, ETC. · 298 S.E.2d 827
State v. Phillips · 461 S.E.2d 75
State v. Clawson · 270 S.E.2d 659
Cantrell v. Commonwealth · 329 S.E.2d 22
State v. Smith · 358 S.E.2d 188
State v. Crouch · 445 S.E.2d 213
State v. Thompson · 342 S.E.2d 268
State v. Hanna · 378 S.E.2d 640
State v. McFarland · 228 W. Va. 492
State v. Tanner · 301 S.E.2d 160
In Re an Investigation of the West Virginia State Police Crime Laboratory · 438 S.E.2d 501
State v. Davis · 345 S.E.2d 549
State Ex Rel. Herald Mail Co. v. Hamilton · 267 S.E.2d 544
State v. Gum · 309 S.E.2d 32
State v. McFarland · 332 S.E.2d 217

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