State v. Harris

How courts have described this case

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

• “We agree with the defendant that W. Va. Code, 49-5-16(b), being a specific enactment dealing with the issue at hand, should control over the more general provision of the murder sentencing statute, W. Va. Code, 61-2-2.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Hayhurst
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2000-04-26· cited 1×
• State ex rel. State of West Virginia v. Honorable James Young, sitting by assignment as Judge of the Circuit Court of Cabell County, West Virginia
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2026-04-07

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Morton v. Mancari
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-17· cited 1,878×
• State v. Miller
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-05-18· cited 981×
• United States v. Borden Co.
  Supreme Court· 1939-12-04· cited 757×
• Ricketts v. Adamson
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-22· cited 439×
• State v. Sugg
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-03-10· cited 161×
• Cooper v. Gwinn
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-09-03· cited 104×
• State Ex Rel. Simpkins v. Harvey
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-06-29· cited 95×
• State Ex Rel. Brewer v. Starcher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-10-27· cited 74×
• State v. Laws
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-12-12· cited 20×
• State v. Highland
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-03-12· cited 18×
• Sniffin v. Cline
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-02-17· cited 13×