State v. LaRock

How courts have described this case

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

• establishing that the equities may permit denial of relief even to the party raising the issue before the Court in the first instance
• noting that “the West Virginia Rules of Evidence do not apply to sentencing matters and proceedings[.]”
• noting that “the West Virginia Rules of Evidence do not apply to sentencing matters and proceedings”
• noting that issues “mentioned only in passing . . . are not considered on appeal
• noting that witness testified that neither parent showed any remorse or regret after being told of the death of their son and she found their response to be very inappropriate
• stating that “[a]lthough we liberally construe briefs in determining issues presented for review, issues . . . mentioned only in passing but are not supported with pertinent authority, are not considered on appeal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).