State v. Smyser’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
30
cited by 30 later decisions
1
states following
October 2016
most recently cited
30 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Ward · State v. Plummer · Lothian Cassidy, L.L.C. v. Lothian Oil Inc. · State v. Williams · State v. Johnson
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““If you have a reasonable doubt as to the truth of any of the claims required to be proved by the State, you must find the defendant not guilty. If you have no reasonable doubt as to the truth of any of the claims required to be proved by the State, you should find the defendant guilty.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Smith · Miller 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.