175 Ind. App. 479 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 1982
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lisenko v. State · Jethroe v. State · Shipman v. State · Lewis v. State · Rosell v. State
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A determination of whether a child under age ten understands the nature and obligation of an oath is within the discretion of the trial court. When the court has an opportunity to observe the general maturity, intelligence and demeanor of the child, its determination of the child’s competence to testify will be reviewed only for an abuse of discretion. . . . ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bennett v. State““(1) that the child knows the difference between telling the’ truth and telling a lie, and (2) that the child realizes that he or she is under some compulsion to tell the truth. . . ” (Footnote omitted)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bennett v. State
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.