State v. Phillips

How courts have described this case

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

• “Hearsay is defined as ‘a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted.’ W. Va. R. Evid. 801(c).”
• discussing burden of proving unavailability
• discussing burden of proving unavailability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Dillon
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-07-20· cited 39×
• State v. Woods
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-06-19· cited 18×
• State Ex Rel. Azeez v. Mangum
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-12-14· cited 17×
• State v. Shepherd
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-03-28· cited 1×
• State of West Virginia v. Brian Allen Merchant Jones
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2025-05-02
• State of West Virginia v. Randy C. Cain
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2026-06-15

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ohio v. Roberts
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 5,425×
• State v. Maynard
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-03-30· cited 72×
• State v. James Edward S.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-12-12· cited 61×
• State v. Jacobs
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-12-10· cited 11×