State v. Collins

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “an instruction which is not supported by evidence should not be given.”
• “Instructions must be based upon the evidence and an instruction which is not supported by evidence should not be given.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Starr
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-06-24· cited 121×
• State of West Virginia v. Marcus Patrele McKinley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-09-29· cited 115×
• State v. Pendry
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1976-07-20· cited 108×
• Feliciano v. 7-Eleven, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-12-11· cited 70×
• State v. Gwinn
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-11· cited 64×
• State v. Dozier
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-06-07· cited 56×
• McAllister v. Weirton Hospital Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-11-10· cited 53×
• Teri Sneberger v. Jerry Morrison, d/b/a Jerry Morrison Construction
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2015-06-11· cited 50×
• State v. Davis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-03-25· cited 49×
• McGlone v. Superior Trucking Co., Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-11-18· cited 38×
• Honaker v. Mahon
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-05-25· cited 36×
• Wheeler v. Murphy
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-12-08· cited 32×
• State v. Bennett
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1974-03-26· cited 29×
• Stone v. United Engineering, A Division of Wean, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-07-08· cited 26×
• State v. Clark
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-06-03· cited 21×
• State v. Knotts
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-07-23· cited 17×
• State of West Virginia v. Ronald C. Davis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-11-21· cited 17×
• State v. Riley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-12-16· cited 15×
• State v. Brooks
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-12-08· cited 15×
• State v. Belcher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 12×

Cites

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

• State v. Greer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1883-10-27· cited 103×
• Overton v. Fields
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1960-12-20· cited 102×
• Hartley v. Crede
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1954-07-27· cited 90×
• Wilson v. Edwards
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-07-14· cited 79×
• Moone v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1909-10-05· cited 78×
• Matthews v. Cumberland & Allegheny Gas Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-07-15· cited 77×
• State v. Bragg
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1955-03-08· cited 74×
• Atkinson v. Ellis
  Supreme Court· 1955-05-09· cited 74×
• Cato v. Silling
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1952-12-16· cited 63×
• State v. Welch
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1892-06-18· cited 57×
• Payne v. Kinder
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1962-10-23· cited 54×
• Thrasher v. Amere Gas Utilities Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-04-16· cited 54×
• State v. Vance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1962-02-13· cited 54×
• State v. Cirullo
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1956-06-26· cited 47×
• Hollen v. Linger
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1966-11-29· cited 47×
• State v. Harlow
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1952-06-24· cited 37×
• Sydenstricker v. Vannoy
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1966-11-15· cited 37×
• State Ex Rel. Shatzer v. Freeport Coal Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1959-03-10· cited 35×
• Preston County Coke Co. v. Preston County Light & Power Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1961-04-24· cited 34×
• Moore v. Turner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1952-06-23· cited 33×