State v. Thomas

How courts have described this case

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

• “Because there should be no ‘numerically precise’ probability, it is possible to have probable cause based on the same facts to search more than one person.”
• “[c]ross-examination is the engine of truth”
• “[c]ross­ examination is the engine for truth”
• “[e]ross-examination is the engine for truth”
• “[c]ross-examination is the engine for truth”
• “[c]ross-examination is the engine for truth”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Salmons
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-11-04· cited 96×
• State v. Osakalumi
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-07-19· cited 75×
• State v. Blake
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-10-11· cited 73×
• In Re an Investigation of the West Virginia State Police Crime Laboratory
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1993-11-10· cited 62×
• State v. Kilmer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1993-12-10· cited 35×
• State v. McKenzie
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-07-18· cited 18×
• State of West Virginia v. Ronald C. Davis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-11-21· cited 17×
• Meadows v. Meadows
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-02-14· cited 13×
• State v. Barnett
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-07-13· cited 12×
• State v. Quigley
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2005-12-15· cited 10×
• State of West Virginia v. David M. Corey
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-04-23· cited 10×
• Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar v. Sheatsley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-11-21· cited 10×
• State v. Jarvis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-12-12· cited 9×
• Hicks v. Ghaphery
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-07-02· cited 9×
• State v. Lanham
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2006-11-30· cited 7×
• State v. Walter
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-10-20· cited 7×
• State of West Virginia v. Ennis C. Payne II
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2016-10-19· cited 6×
• State Farm Fire & Casualty v. Robin Skinner Prinz
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-05-21· cited 4×
• Holcomb v. Sadler
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2008-02-15· cited 2×
• COM. ON LEG. ETHICS v. Sheatsley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-11-21

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Illinois v. Gates
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 16,716×
• Franks v. Delaware
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-26· cited 8,679×
• Spinelli v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1969-01-27· cited 6,223×
• United States v. Ventresca
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-01· cited 4,171×
• State v. Hatfield
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-01-26· cited 169×
• State v. Fortner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-12-14· cited 92×
• State v. Woodall
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-07-06· cited 72×
• State v. Adkins
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-06-19· cited 49×
• State v. Worley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-04-11· cited 49×
• Hines v. Superior Court
  Supreme Court· 1988-10-11· cited 31×
• State v. Hlavacek
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-06-27· cited 21×
• People v. Garries
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1982-06-01· cited 18×
• State v. Farmer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-06-14· cited 14×