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State v. Tennant

Citations

  • 319 S.E.2d 395
  • 173 W. Va. 627
  • 1984 W. Va. LEXIS 446

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  • stating that \hit-and-run\ statute of West Virginia and a large number of other states are modeled after the Uniform Vehicle Code
  • court does not expressly adopt totality of the circumstances test, but finds reversible error when trial court repeatedly inquired whether the guilty verdict was the juror’s verdict; the trial court coerced the juror, particularly in light of the lengthy deliberations

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Judges: Miller

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