Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3663A (§ 204 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 18 U.S.C. § 3664
Relies on Sorenson v. State · Smith v. State · Kahlsdorf v. State · Penner v. State · Merkison v. State
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In addition to any other punishment prescribed by law the court shall, upon convietion for any misdemeanor or felony, - order a defendant to pay restitution to each vie-tim as determined under W.S. 7-9-1083 and 7-9-114 unless the court specifically finds the defendant has no ability to pay and that no reasonable probability exists that the defendant will have an ability to pay.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bobbie J. Shafer“a composite of many things, among which are conclusions drawn from objective criteria; it means a sound judgment exercised with regard to what is right under the circumstances and without doing so arbitrarily or capriciously.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In Wyoming, a trial court's power to order restitution springs from statutory law, not any inherent authority.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bobbie J. Shafer
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.