State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State v. Cooper

Decided June 22, 1983. Sam R. Harshbarger wrote the opinion for the court.

304 S.E.2d 851 · 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.

Wanstreet v. Bordenkircher · 276 S.E.2d 205
State v. Thomas · 203 S.E.2d 445
State v. Kimbrough · 46 S.E.2d 273
In Re Lynch · 503 P.2d 921
State v. Vance · 262 S.E.2d 423
People v. Walker · 358 N.E.2d 672
People v. Godinez · 415 N.E.2d 36
McCleary v. State · 182 N.W.2d 512
State v. Starkey · 244 S.E.2d 219
People v. Lorentzen · 194 N.W.2d 827
State v. Persinger · 286 S.E.2d 261
State v. Evans · 245 P.2d 788
Dembowski v. State · 240 N.E.2d 815
State v. Bush · 255 S.E.2d 539
State v. Weigel · 612 P.2d 636
State v. Buck · 294 S.E.2d 281
State v. Pratt · 36 Wis. 2d 312
State v. Toney · 555 P.2d 650
Justus v. State · 276 S.E.2d 242
State v. Goodmon · 290 S.E.2d 260
State v. Houston · 273 S.E.2d 375
State v. Fortes · 330 A.2d 404
People v. Henne · 293 N.E.2d 172
State v. Adkins · 289 S.E.2d 720
State Ex Rel. Faircloth v. Catlett · 267 S.E.2d 736

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State v. Sugg · 456 S.E.2d 469
State v. James · 710 S.E.2d 98
Myers v. Frazier · 319 S.E.2d 782
State v. Johnson · 371 S.E.2d 340
State v. Cecil · 311 S.E.2d 144
State v. Brown · 355 S.E.2d 614
State of West Virgina v. Gabriel Hargus, etc. · 232 W. Va. 735
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State v. Hanson · 382 S.E.2d 547
State of West Virginia v. Mark A. Kilmer · 808 S.E.2d 867
State v. Turley · 350 S.E.2d 696
State of West Virginia v. Antwyn D. Gibbs and State of West Virginia v. Kevin Goodman, Jr. · 238 W. Va. 646
State v. Shafer · 237 W. Va. 616
State of West Virginia v. Gerald Doom · 237 W. Va. 754

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