Jett v. Leverette

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that “when either the statutory maximum or the shorter term has been served, the court no longer has jurisdiction to revoke probation”
• time spent on probation need not be credited against sentence imposed or executed upon revocation of probation
• similar statute applicable to post-sentence probation sets a maximum of five years on probationary period; court can impose shorter duration but loses jurisdiction after the shorter period expires
• “[P]robation is a judicial act subject to judicial review. . . . Parole is an executive function . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Kerns
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-06-08· cited 55×
• Lock v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-04-11· cited 47×
• State v. Arbaugh
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2004-04-07· cited 28×
• Fox v. State
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-07-16· cited 21×
• State v. Ketchum
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-06-23· cited 21×
• State v. Murray
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-09-04· cited 18×
• People v. Gore
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-05-30· cited 17×
• Spencer v. Whyte
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-07-17· cited 14×
• State Ex Rel. Moomau v. Hamilton
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-12-06· cited 9×
• State v. Cooper
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-07-07· cited 8×
• State v. Martin
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-06-14· cited 5×
• State Ex Rel. Ostrander v. Wilt
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-01-22· cited 5×
• State of West Virginia v. Donald P. Cookman
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2018-04-27· cited 4×
• Mangus v. McCarty
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-12-18· cited 4×
• State v. Tanner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2012-05-24· cited 4×
• Raymond Pratt v. David Ballard, Warden
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2016-11-09· cited 1×
• State of West Virginia v. Lacy Earl Workman
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-11-26
• State of West Virginia v. Nicholas Varlas
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2020-06-11
• State of West Virginia v. Dustin M.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2021-08-27
• State of West Virginia v. Lawrence Foye
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2025-05-20

Cites

42 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Morrissey v. Brewer
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 10,835×
• Gagnon v. Scarpelli
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 5,755×
• South Carolina v. Katzenbach
  Supreme Court· 1966-05-02· cited 945×
• McGinnis v. Royster
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-21· cited 618×
• Ex Parte United States
  Supreme Court· 1916-12-04· cited 540×
• United States v. Murray
  Supreme Court· 1928-01-03· cited 228×
• People v. . Gillson
  New York Court of Appeals· 1888-06-05· cited 220×
• Roberts v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1943-11-22· cited 199×
• In Re Bushman
  California Supreme Court· 1970-01-27· cited 168×
• Douglas v. Buder
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-04· cited 141×
• Arciniega v. Freeman
  Supreme Court· 1971-10-26· cited 139×
• State v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1976-01-14· cited 129×
• Conner v. Griffith
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1977-09-20· cited 117×
• Louk v. Haynes
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1976-04-06· cited 71×
• State Ex Rel. Strickland v. Melton
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1968-12-13· cited 68×
• Inman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1971-07-08· cited 61×
• State v. Oyler
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1968-01-30· cited 60×
• Winter Ex Rel. Winter v. MacQueen
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1977-12-16· cited 54×
• Dulin v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1976-05-20· cited 50×
• Joseph Lee Thomas v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 1964-03-12· cited 47×