State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
June 1983
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Aguilar v. Texas · Spinelli v. United States · 188 So. 2d 388 - Paula v. State · 225 So. 2d 170 - State v. Lewis · 224 So. 2d 352 - Outland v. Wood
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"`[W]e do not retreat from the established propositions that only the probability, and not a prima facie showing, of criminal activity is the standard of probable cause * * *; that affidavits of probable cause are tested by much less rigorous standards than those governing the admissibility of evidence at trial * * *; that in judging probable cause issuing magistrates are not to be confined by niggardly limitations or by restrictions on the use of their common sense * * *; and that their determination of probable cause should be paid great deference by reviewing courts * * *.'"”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Pesce v. State · Andersen v. State“describes activities known to law enforcement officers and to courts as followed by those engaged in lottery operations.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Whisnant 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.