State v. Beckett

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that a “social relationship” with a law enforcement officer who is “actively involved in the prosecution of the case” operates as a per se disqualification

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Guthrie
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-07-21· cited 1,064×
• State v. Derr
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-11-18· cited 250×
• State v. Miller
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-06-14· cited 224×
• State v. White
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-08-18· cited 90×
• State v. Worley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-04-11· cited 49×
• Michael v. Sabado
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 43×
• State v. Watson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-06-18· cited 37×
• State Ex Rel. Boso v. Hedrick
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-01-26· cited 33×
• State v. Davis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-05-15· cited 33×
• State v. Brown
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-03-11· cited 32×
• State v. Harper
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-12-18· cited 31×
• State v. Finley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-03-12· cited 30×
• State v. Swims
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-07-03· cited 29×
• Doe v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 28×
• State v. Bongalis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-02-17· cited 28×
• State v. Ward
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-07-29· cited 26×
• State v. Haught
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-06-03· cited 23×
• State v. Bennett
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 22×
• State v. Schofield
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-07-12· cited 22×
• State v. Oxier
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-12-12· cited 22×

Cites

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

• Smith v. Phillips
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 3,512×
• State v. Starkey
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-05-02· cited 220×
• Jordan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-03-12· cited 144×
• United States v. Lawrence Daniel Caldwell, A/K/A Thomas E. Morgan, (Two Cases). United States of America v. Eros A. Timm, (Two Cases)
  D.C. Circuit· 1976-09-23· cited 132×
• State v. Burton
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-04-10· cited 125×
• State v. Starr
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-06-24· cited 121×
• Commonwealth v. Wilborne
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-07· cited 113×
• Halstead v. Horton
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1894-01-27· cited 106×
• State v. Pratt
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-05-02· cited 102×
• State v. Frazier
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-04-10· cited 96×
• State v. Riley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1966-11-22· cited 91×
• State v. Buck
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-07-15· cited 61×
• Barnes v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1975-07-10· cited 61×
• State v. West
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1973-12-04· cited 60×
• Commonwealth v. Colon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-12-11· cited 58×
• State v. Harless
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-12-18· cited 56×
• State v. Ocheltree
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-30· cited 46×
• State v. Stewart
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1977-12-20· cited 44×
• State v. Meadows
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 37×
• Haak v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-03-10· cited 37×