Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This Court held that proof oí the prior misdemeanor D.W.I. convictions necessary to raise the alleged primary offense to a felony was jurisdictional. In order to successfully prosecute [a] defendant for felony D.W.I., this Court held that the State was required to prove two prior D.W.I. convictions and that the offenses were committed within ten years of the date of trial for the offense charged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bower v. State

2. “committed within 10 years before the date on which the offense for which [Smith] is being tried was committed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. State