Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
June 2022
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia · United States v. Atkinson · Silber v. United States
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that it is not their job to pursue stunts and antics during their closing arguments that are designed merely to appeal to the prejudices of jurors, but to see that justice is done and nothing more. That duty should not be forgotten in an excess of zeal or the eager quest for victory in any given case. The people of the state desire merely to ascertain beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of the crime charged, and do not countenance any unfairness upon the part of their representatives in court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ingram 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.