State v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• “To the extent this issue presents a question of law and statutory interpretation, our review is plenary and de novo.”
• “The purpose of West Virginia Code § 27-6A-3 (Supp.1996) is not to punish someone suffering a mental illness; rather, it is to treat the illness and protect society.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Blake v. John Skidmore Truck Stop, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-07-17· cited 18×
• Pethel v. McBride
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2006-07-18· cited 17×
• State v. Riley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-12-16· cited 15×
• State v. Somerlot
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-01-05· cited 13×
• Richmond v. Levin
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2006-06-28· cited 12×
• State v. George K.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-06-13· cited 11×
• State of West Virginia v. Shawn Thomas Riggleman
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2017-04-06· cited 10×
• SER Scott R. Smith, Prosecuting Attorney v. Hon. David J. Sims, Judge
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2015-04-09· cited 5×
• State v. Catlett
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1999-07-14· cited 5×
• State v. Jenkins
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-12-11· cited 1×
• State of West Virginia v. Chip Melton Davidow
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2016-10-13
• Everett Frazier v. Timothy R. McCabe
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2020-11-12

Cites

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

• United States v. Salerno
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-26· cited 5,104×
• Gerstein v. Pugh
  Supreme Court· 1975-02-18· cited 4,350×
• Addington v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-30· cited 3,004×
• Trop v. Dulles
  Supreme Court· 1958-03-31· cited 2,182×
• Calder v. Bull
  Supreme Court· 1798-08-17· cited 1,860×
• Foucha v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1992-05-18· cited 1,348×
• Jackson v. Indiana
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-07· cited 1,284×
• O'Connor v. Donaldson
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-26· cited 1,231×
• Humphrey v. Cady
  Supreme Court· 1972-03-22· cited 784×
• Baxstrom v. Herold
  Supreme Court· 1966-02-23· cited 762×
• Jones v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-29· cited 741×
• State Ex Rel. McGraw v. Scott Runyan Pontiac-Buick, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-07-19· cited 585×
• Durham v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1954-09-10· cited 486×
• Burnside v. Burnside
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-03-31· cited 186×
• Payne v. Fairfield Hills Hospital
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-07-24· cited 81×
• Phillips v. Fox
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-04-14· cited 78×
• State Ex Rel. Hawks v. Lazaro
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1974-01-15· cited 75×
• Clark-Cowlitz Joint Operating Agency v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  Supreme Court· 1988-02-29· cited 57×
• People v. Superior Court (Williams)
  California Court of Appeal· 1991-08-15· cited 48×
• Adkins v. Bordenkircher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-02-12· cited 47×