State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State v. Burton

Decided April 10, 1979. Thomas B. Miller wrote the opinion for the court.

254 S.E.2d 129 · Cited 125 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.

State v. Pietranton · 72 S.E.2d 617
State v. Justice · 65 S.E.2d 743
Hoffman v. United States · 341 U.S. 479
Marchetti v. United States · 390 U.S. 39
State v. Starkey · 244 S.E.2d 219
State v. Boyd · 233 S.E.2d 710
State v. McGee · 230 S.E.2d 832
State v. Huffman · 87 S.E.2d 541
State v. Hudson · 37 S.E.2d 553
People v. Hetenyi · 304 N.Y. 80
State v. Greene · 192 N.W.2d 712
State v. Fisher · 27 S.E.2d 581
State v. Hunter · 137 S.E. 534
State v. Cutlip · 46 S.E.2d 454
State v. Holland · 143 S.E.2d 148
State v. Cooksey · 409 P.2d 335
State v. Hankish · 126 S.E.2d 42
State v. Clay · 64 S.E.2d 117
State v. Brown · 196 A.2d 138
State v. Allen · 139 W. Va. 818
State v. Myers · 206 N.W.2d 851
State v. Ison · 139 S.E. 704
State v. Crummit · 13 S.E.2d 757
State v. Schilansky · 143 S.E. 307
State v. Tapp · 172 S.E.2d 583

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Peters v. County Commission of Wood County · 519 S.E.2d 179
SER Scott Ash, Prosecuting Attorney v. Hon. Derek C. Swope, Judge · 232 W. Va. 231
State Ex Rel. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Canady · 460 S.E.2d 677
State v. Richey · 298 S.E.2d 879
Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. McGraw · 461 S.E.2d 850
State v. Daggett · 280 S.E.2d 545
State v. Davis · 345 S.E.2d 549
State v. Fairchild · 298 S.E.2d 110
State v. Farmer · 490 S.E.2d 326
State v. Rodoussakis · 511 S.E.2d 469
State v. Dolin · 347 S.E.2d 208
State v. Kopa · 311 S.E.2d 412
Commonwealth v. Booth · 766 A.2d 843
State Ex Rel. Medical Assurance of West Virginia, Inc. v. Recht · 583 S.E.2d 80
State v. Clawson · 270 S.E.2d 659
State ex rel. Allstate Insurance v. Gaughan · 203 W. Va. 358
State v. Craft · 272 S.E.2d 46
STATE EX REL. ALLSTATE INS. v. Gaughan · 508 S.E.2d 75

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