West Virginia Supreme Court· 6/30/1981
State v. Payne
Citations
- 280 S.E.2d 72
- 167 W. Va. 252
- 1981 W. Va. LEXIS 636
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a Telfaire instruction may be appropriate in cases where the State’s case rests largely upon the uncorroborated identification testimony of a witness, but that giving such an instruction was discretionary with the trial court
- “That evidence of flight is admissible upon a criminal trial is an almost universal rule.”
- designating the above as a “proper cautionary instruction”
- collecting cases at note 2
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66 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. WilliamsWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-06-27· cited 134×
- Thornton v. CAMC, ETC.West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-07-08· cited 98×
- State v. RicheyWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-12-15· cited 93×
- State v. NeumanWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-07-01· cited 85×
- State v. DyleTennessee Supreme Court· 1995-05-15· cited 82×
- State v. WoodallWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-07-06· cited 72×
- State v. MaynardWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-03-30· cited 72×
- State v. JessieWest Virginia Supreme Court· 2009-11-24· cited 67×
- O'DELL v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-06-26· cited 61×
- State v. HallWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-12-02· cited 49×
- State v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-03-25· cited 49×
- State v. AshcraftWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-11-10· cited 44×
- State v. MurrayWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-11-10· cited 41×
- State v. SpenceWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-12-20· cited 41×
- State v. AudiaWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-03-11· cited 40×
- McDoulett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1984-07-31· cited 38×
- State v. WatsonWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-06-18· cited 37×
- State v. BrownWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-03-11· cited 32×
- State v. AlgerIdaho Court of Appeals· 1988-11-02· cited 31×
- State v. HarperWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-12-18· cited 31×
Cites
91 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court· 1972-12-06· cited 7,056×
- People v. GreenCalifornia Supreme Court· 1980-04-24· cited 1,166×
- United States v. Melvin TelfaireD.C. Circuit· 1972-06-19· cited 477×
- State v. PiskorskiSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-06-19· cited 212×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 163×
- People v. HillCalifornia Supreme Court· 1967-07-25· cited 160×
- Hogge v. JohnsonSupreme Court· 1976-07-06· cited 158×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-02· cited 148×
- State v. AtkinsWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-07-17· cited 145×
- John L. Bailey v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1969-03-07· cited 136×
- Spinkellink v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1975-02-19· cited 130×
- Jones v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia· 1967-12-04· cited 116×
- Porter v. StateIndiana Supreme Court· 1979-07-03· cited 109×
- State v. PendryWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1976-07-20· cited 108×
- State v. PrattWest Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-05-02· cited 102×
- United States v. Albert Junior HolleyFourth Circuit· 1974-05-20· cited 101×
- United States v. Jerald Lee SimsNinth Circuit· 1980-04-30· cited 94×
- Commonwealth v. GildayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-04-25· cited 94×
- State v. BraggsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1980-04-17· cited 87×
- Dampier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1980-02-20· cited 86×
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