State v. Mason

How courts have described this case

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

• corpus delicti satisfied by proof that a person died by drowning and injuries consistent with non-accidental occurrence
• “The purpose of the corroboration rule is to reduce the possibility of punishing a person for a crime which was never, in fact, committed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Frye v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-06-13· cited 272×
• State v. Persinger
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 128×
• State v. Clawson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-09-23· cited 94×
• State v. Fortner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-12-14· cited 92×
• Commonwealth v. Perez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-03-24· cited 78×
• State v. Demastus
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-09-23· cited 73×
• State v. Garrett
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-12-11· cited 55×
• Valadez v. City of Des Moines
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-09-29· cited 53×
• State v. DeWeese
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-07-02· cited 38×
• State v. Hall
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-03-22· cited 35×
• State v. Hickman
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-12-12· cited 35×
• State v. Brown
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-03-11· cited 32×
• State v. Mays
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-07-08· cited 31×
• State v. Gravely
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-12-13· cited 29×
• State v. Mitter
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-22· cited 23×
• State v. O'CONNELL
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-07-10· cited 22×
• State v. Manns
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-04-18· cited 20×
• State v. Butcher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-09-23· cited 20×
• West Virginia Judicial Inquiry Commission v. Casto
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-07-17· cited 17×
• In Re Pauley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-07-25· cited 15×

Cites

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

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Beck v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1964-11-23· cited 5,133×
• Gerstein v. Pugh
  Supreme Court· 1975-02-18· cited 4,350×
• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Hamling v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1974-10-15· cited 2,897×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-11-25· cited 201×
• State v. Kroll
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-12-16· cited 152×
• State v. Starr
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-06-24· cited 121×
• State v. Pendry
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1976-07-20· cited 108×
• State v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-06-29· cited 99×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-04-06· cited 98×
• Pinkus v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-23· cited 91×
• United States v. Thomas Joseph Chiantese and John Joseph Cerrella
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-10-14· cited 74×
• State v. Plantz
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1971-04-27· cited 66×
• Jones v. Warden
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-01-17· cited 45×
• Wilkins v. State of Maryland
  D. Maryland· 1975-10-01· cited 32×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-11-26· cited 30×
• State v. Bail
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1955-03-15· cited 29×
• State v. Dault
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1978-04-13· cited 27×
• Iacuone v. Pietranton
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-10-13· cited 12×