State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
44
cited by 44 later decisions
4
states following
November 2025
most recently cited
44 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Johnson v. Zerbst · Morrissey v. Brewer · Gault · Powell v. State of Alabama Patterson · Gagnon v. Scarpelli
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because a probationer is entitled to a hearing prior to revocation, the potential of loss caused by modifying a condition of probation is not considered sufficiently grievous to require a hearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Collins v. State“The primary loss occasioned by a modification of a condition of probation is still only the possibility of future revocation, a loss that potentially occurs only if the condition is not met.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Collins 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.