State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 55 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently December 2024 · most notably State v. Atwood (1992), State v. Fisher (1984)
2 federal appellate · 55 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on McGowan v. State of Maryland Gallagher · Solem v. Helm · Griffin v. County School Board of Prince Edward County · State v. Watson · State v. Smith
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The trial court ... should seek to apply sanctions that affect the evidence at trial and the merits of the case as little as possible, since the Rules of Criminal Procedure are designed to implement, and not to impede, the fair and speedy determination of cases. Prohibiting the calling of a witness should be invoked only in those cases where other less stringent sanctions are not applicable to effect the ends of justice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Schrock · State v. Delgado“1. how vital the witness is to the case; 2. whether the opposing party will be surprised; 3. whether the discovery violation was motivated by bad faith or willfulness; and, 4. any other relevant circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Johnson“Guidelines for Negotiations and Awarding Indigent Defense Contracts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.