State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
1
states following
May 2007
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Boppre · State v. Plant · State v. Groves · State v. Beermann · State v. Johnson
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘(1) There must have been a startling event, (2) the statement.must relate to the event, and (3) the statement must have been made by the declarant while under the stress of the event. . . . The key requirement is spontaneity, which “requires a showing the statements were made without time for conscious reflection.” ’ ””
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Tlamka · State v. Dyer
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.