State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State v. Lacy

Decided February 15, 1996. Franklin Cleckley wrote the opinion for the court.

468 S.E.2d 719 · Cited 154 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. Julius · 408 S.E.2d 1
State v. Buzzard · 461 S.E.2d 50
Stanford v. Texas · 379 U.S. 476
State v. Cecil · 311 S.E.2d 144
State v. Stuart · 452 S.E.2d 886
State v. Farley · 452 S.E.2d 50
State v. Moore · 272 S.E.2d 804
State v. Clements · 334 S.E.2d 600
State v. Mullins · 355 S.E.2d 24
State v. Greer · 42 S.E.2d 719
State Ex Rel. White v. Melton · 273 S.E.2d 81

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