Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 37 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Our holding on this issue is strictly limited to the use of Rule 2(b). We should not be understood as restricting court of appeals’ power to abate an appeal and remand a case under authority other than Rule 2(b). When judicial resources can be conserved in the interest of justice, we encourage the courts of appeals to adopt and continue to use methods for resolving issues sooner rather than later, as long as such methods are legally endorsed.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jack v. State · Benson v. State

2. “that trial counsel thought his duties were completed with the end of the trial, and had thereafter abandoned the appellant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Reyes v. State