State v. Laws

How courts have described this case

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

• “juvenile rights should be guarded with a greater zeal than adult rights”
• “There is no constitutional impediment which prevents a minor above the age of tender years solely by virtue of his minority from executing an effective waiver of rights; however, such waiver must be closely scrutinized under the totality of the circumstances.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Sugg
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-03-10· cited 161×
• State v. Persinger
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 128×
• Jahnke v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1984-12-12· cited 90×
• State v. Ellsworth
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-06-06· cited 43×
• State v. Moss
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-12-19· cited 39×
• State v. Goff
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-26· cited 29×
• State v. Manns
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-04-18· cited 20×
• Matter of Steven William T.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-12-16· cited 18×
• State v. Howerton
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-04-18· cited 16×
• Matter of Mark EP
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-06-14· cited 15×
• State v. Giles
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-06-07· cited 14×
• State v. Lopez
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-07-18· cited 12×
• Angel v. Mohn
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-03-20· cited 12×
• State v. Harman
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-04-12· cited 3×
• State v. Harris
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-10-27· cited 2×
• Comer v. Tom A.M.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-03-15
• State of West Virginia v. Asaveon Coleman
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2021-01-20
• State of West Virginia v. M.W.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2024-10-29

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re GAULT
  Supreme Court· 1967-05-15· cited 5,473×
• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Gallegos v. Colorado
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 716×
• Hankerson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 586×
• State in Interest of Dino
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1978-05-08· cited 164×
• State v. Starr
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-06-24· cited 121×
• State v. Pendry
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1976-07-20· cited 108×
• Louis West v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1968-09-05· cited 72×
• Jones v. Warden
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-01-17· cited 45×
• State Ex Rel. Hinkle v. Skeen
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-03-24· cited 34×
• Harris v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-03-04· cited 16×
• State Ex Rel. Campbell v. Wood
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1967-07-11· cited 11×