State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State v. James

Decided May 2, 2011. Thomas E. McHugh wrote the opinion for the court.

710 S.E.2d 98 · Cited 153 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. Vance · 262 S.E.2d 423
Kennedy v. Frazier · 357 S.E.2d 43
State v. Flinn · 208 S.E.2d 538
Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104
Wanstreet v. Bordenkircher · 276 S.E.2d 205
State v. Goodnight · 287 S.E.2d 504
State v. Lucas · 496 S.E.2d 221
State Ex Rel. Appalachian Power Co. v. Gainer · 143 S.E.2d 351
State v. Cooper · 304 S.E.2d 851
Conner v. Griffith · 160 W. Va. 680
State Ex Rel. ACF Industries, Inc. v. Vieweg · 514 S.E.2d 176
Willis v. O'BRIEN · 153 S.E.2d 178
State v. Jarvis · 487 S.E.2d 293
State v. Sears · 468 S.E.2d 324
State v. Rutherford · 672 S.E.2d 137

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State of West Virginia v. Jerry Lee Hedrick · 236 W. Va. 217
State of West Virgina v. Gabriel Hargus, etc. · 232 W. Va. 735
State of West Virginia v. James Scott Yocum · 233 W. Va. 439
State v. Cook · 2011 ME 94
State of West Virginia v. Cindy v. Allman · 234 W. Va. 435
State v. Shafer · 237 W. Va. 616

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