Legal Opinion
State v. Meadows
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided June 2, 1982No. 14425PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARSHBARGER, Justice:
On September 29, 1977, at about 1:00 A.M., Leonard Edward Higginbotham drove into Summersville, West Virginia, in his 1974 Plymouth sedan, with passenger Dana Larry Meadows. They were followed by a Summersville police car whose driver later testified that Higginbotham’s automobile crossed the center line several times. Both vehicles stopped, side-by-side in a double lane at a four-way flashing light in the center of town. A short time later (the exact amount of time varies in testimony from thirty seconds to three minutes), Higginbotham rolled down his window and asked…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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