State v. Chapman

How courts have described this case

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

• “a trial court is able to observe the demeanor of the defendant and consequently has a better vantage point than [the appellate] [c]ourt to make determinations regarding mental competency”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of West Virginia v. Victor Paul Fowler
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-10-01
• State of West Virginia v. Zachery W.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-09-19
• State of West Virginia v. Steven S.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2016-04-12
• Zackery W. v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2020-02-07
• State of West Virginia v. Miranda T.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2020-12-07
• State of West Virginia v. Tremale Leon Straughter
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2023-09-15
• State of West Virginia v. Mathew M.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2026-05-26

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Dusky v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-04-18· cited 3,197×
• Drope v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 1975-02-19· cited 2,695×
• Medina v. California
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-22· cited 1,180×
• State v. Miller
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-05-18· cited 981×
• Cooper v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1996-04-23· cited 861×
• Riggins v. Nevada
  Supreme Court· 1992-05-18· cited 734×
• State v. Demastus
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-09-23· cited 73×
• State v. Milam
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1976-07-13· cited 68×
• State v. Arnold
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-12-09· cited 45×
• State Ex Rel. Williams v. Narick
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-04-04· cited 41×
• State v. Audia
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-03-11· cited 40×
• State v. Sanders
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-05-16· cited 34×
• State v. Church
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-12-10· cited 32×
• State v. Cheshire
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-06-22· cited 27×
• State v. Hatfield
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-12-19· cited 18×
• State v. Garrett
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-03-13· cited 12×
• State v. Moore
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-03-24· cited 12×
• State v. Myers
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-07-17· cited 8×
• State v. Jenkins
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-03-15· cited 2×