Court Opinion

ID: 9565973
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 19:31:04.274732+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:25.448618
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McHUGH, Chief Justice,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent from the majority’s holding in this case for reasons set forth in my concurrence in State v. Young, 173 W.Va. 1, 311 S.E.2d 118, 135-36 (1983). As discussed therein, I disagree with this Court’s holding in State v. Eden, 163 W.Va. 370, 256 S.E.2d 868 (1979), and its progeny. I would follow the less restrictive rationale of the United States Supreme Court in Colten v. Kentucky, 407 U.S. 104, 92 S.Ct. 1953, 32 L.Ed.2d 584 (1972).