State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State v. Beck

Decided July 17, 1981. Thomas B. Miller wrote the opinion for the court.

286 S.E.2d 234 · Cited 140 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

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.

State v. Sette · 242 S.E.2d 464
Cannellas v. McKenzie · 236 S.E.2d 327
State Ex Rel. Hubbard v. Spillers · 202 S.E.2d 180
Wanstreet v. Bordenkircher · 276 S.E.2d 205
State v. West · 200 S.E.2d 859
State v. Gargiliana · 76 S.E.2d 265
State v. Davis · 266 S.E.2d 909
State v. Green · 260 S.E.2d 257
Freeman v. State · 486 P.2d 967
State v. Vance · 262 S.E.2d 423
State v. Pratt · 244 S.E.2d 227
State v. Clawson · 270 S.E.2d 659
State v. McAboy · 236 S.E.2d 431
State v. Beacraft · 30 S.E.2d 541
State v. Cypher · 438 P.2d 904
State v. Wilson · 207 S.E.2d 174
Martin v. Leverette · 244 S.E.2d 39
State v. Harman · 270 S.E.2d 146
State v. Sinnott · 132 A.2d 298
State v. Haverty · 267 S.E.2d 727
State v. Bromley · 432 P.2d 568
State v. Charlot · 206 S.E.2d 908
State v. Kilpatrick · 210 S.E.2d 480
State v. Dandy · 153 S.E.2d 507
State v. Ramey · 212 S.E.2d 737

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

State v. Derr · 451 S.E.2d 731
State v. Wade · 327 S.E.2d 142
State v. Edward Charles L. · 398 S.E.2d 123
State v. Dolin · 347 S.E.2d 208
State v. Neider · 295 S.E.2d 902
State v. Guthrie · 315 S.E.2d 397
State v. Miller · 336 S.E.2d 910
In re K.P. · 235 W. Va. 221
State v. Julius · 408 S.E.2d 1
State v. Phillips · 461 S.E.2d 75
State v. Richey · 298 S.E.2d 879
State v. Guthrie · 518 S.E.2d 83
State v. Worley · 369 S.E.2d 706
State v. Jenkins · 466 S.E.2d 471
Ex Parte Scott · 728 So. 2d 172
State v. George W.H. · 439 S.E.2d 423
Watkins v. State · 565 So. 2d 1227
Gurganus v. State · 520 So. 2d 170
State v. Satterfield · 457 S.E.2d 440
State v. Hodges · 305 S.E.2d 278
State of West Virginia v. Timothy C. · 237 W. Va. 435
State of West Virginia v. Mark A. Kilmer · 808 S.E.2d 867
State v. Housden · 399 S.E.2d 882
State v. Jonathan B. · 230 W. Va. 229
State v. Jones · 187 W. Va. 600

Explore from here

Thomas B. Miller’s Judicial Record · W. Va. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).