Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
38
cited by 38 later decisions
1
states following
December 1983
most recently cited
38 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. State · Asher v. State · Wedmore v. State · Grimm v. State · Roeschlein v. Thomas
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"It is the law of this state that a conviction for rape may be had solely upon the testimony of the prosecuting witness and victim." - Smith v. State, (1971) 255 Ind. 687 , 266 N.E.2d 216 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. McFarland v. State · Lynch 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.