West Virginia Supreme Court· 3/13/1979
State v. Brant
Citations
- 252 S.E.2d 901
- 162 W. Va. 762
- 1979 W. Va. LEXIS 350
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding that level of intoxication so incapacitated defendant that giving of first-degree and second-degree murder instructions was erroneous, but cautioning that case presented unique factual circumstances not likely to arise again
- finding that “[voluntary] intoxication will serve as a defense to a specific intent crime such as burglary, when it appears that the defendant was so incapacitated that he could not formulate the intent to commit a felony after breaking and entering”
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Judges: Neely
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25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. TriplettWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-07-23· cited 123×
- State v. LessWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-06-28· cited 90×
- State v. GullettMissouri Court of Appeals· 1980-10-16· cited 35×
- State v. FergusonWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-09-23· cited 31×
- State v. JosephWest Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-12-10· cited 31×
- State v. KeetonWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-12-02· cited 24×
- State v. ColeMissouri Court of Appeals· 1983-12-06· cited 21×
- State v. EvansWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-12-15· cited 20×
- State of West Virginia v. Richard A. WhiteWest Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-06-07· cited 19×
- State v. BakerWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-02-24· cited 18×
- State Ex Rel. Harper v. ZegeerWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-07-15· cited 15×
- State v. HobbsWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-05-20· cited 14×
- State of West Virginia v. Joseph Frederick HornWest Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-09-26· cited 12×
- State v. FlemingWest Virginia Supreme Court· 2016-03-07· cited 11×
- State v. SlonakerWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-06-09· cited 10×
- State of West Virginia v. Rickie L. Greenfield, Jr.West Virginia Supreme Court· 2016-09-28· cited 10×
- State v. McCartyWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-12-14· cited 6×
- State v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-12-20· cited 6×
- Municipal Mutual Insurance v. MangusWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-04-20· cited 6×
- State v. ClaytonWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-03-02· cited 6×
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