State Supreme Court / W. Va.

State v. Sutphin

Decided December 7, 1995. Arthur M. Recht wrote the opinion for the court.

466 S.E.2d 402 · Cited 68 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. Smith · 358 S.E.2d 188
Remmer v. United States · 347 U.S. 227
State v. Daniel · 391 S.E.2d 90
State v. Young · 273 S.E.2d 592
Legg. v. Jones · 30 S.E.2d 76
State v. Jones · 362 S.E.2d 330
State v. Julius · 408 S.E.2d 1
Reed v. Wimmer · 465 S.E.2d 199
State v. Duell · 332 S.E.2d 246
Painter v. Peavy · 451 S.E.2d 755
State v. McGinnis · 455 S.E.2d 516
State v. Derr · 451 S.E.2d 731
Gentry v. Mangum · 466 S.E.2d 171
State Ex Rel. Daniel v. Legursky · 465 S.E.2d 416
State v. Murray · 375 S.E.2d 405
State v. Collins · 440 S.E.2d 559
State v. Mahramus · 200 S.E.2d 357
State v. Hernandez · 818 P.2d 768

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