People v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
November 2023
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Washington v. Texas · Hoffman v. United States · Morris v. Slappy · Mitchell v. United States · 4 Cal. 4th 929 - People v. Zapien
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Fifth Amendment provides a witness with a privilege to decline to answer questions if the answers would incriminate him or her.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Banks“A trial court abuses its discretion when its ruling is manifestly arbitrary, unreasonable, or unfair.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Clark“Id. (quoting People v. Blackwell, 251 P.3d 468, 474 (Colo.App.2010). On the other hand,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Clark
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.