State v. Shafer

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that defendant’s sentence of life without mercy for first-degree murder was not excessive

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State of West Virginia v. Marcus Stephen Sanders
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2019-04-09· cited 4×
• Timothy P. Shafer v. Karen Pszczolkwoski, Warden
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2018-02-09
• George Street v. R.S. Mutter, Deputy Superintendent
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2020-01-17
• State of West Virginia v. Via
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2022-01-12

Cites

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

• State v. Goodnight
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-02-24· cited 428×
• People v. Aaron
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1980-11-24· cited 413×
• State v. Lucas
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-11-20· cited 356×
• Wanstreet v. Bordenkircher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-03-10· cited 241×
• State v. Vance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-01-22· cited 156×
• State v. James
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-05-02· cited 153×
• State v. Cooper
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 145×
• State v. Williams
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-06-27· cited 134×
• Dewey Hart v. Ira M. Coiner, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary
  Fourth Circuit· 1973-07-13· cited 133×
• State v. Allen
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2000-01-06· cited 129×
• State v. Sims
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-11-14· cited 117×
• State v. England
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-09-16· cited 116×
• Skinner v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-05-11· cited 111×
• State v. Greco
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-08-14· cited 85×
• Dutton v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1972-04-06· cited 70×
• Talancon v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 69×
• State v. Slater
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2008-07-30· cited 63×
• State v. Glover
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-03-27· cited 47×
• Jordache Enterprises, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-11-24· cited 47×
• State v. Ross
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-12-19· cited 40×