Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
August 2022
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Malcolm v. State · Nazario v. State · Hulett v. State · Powell v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict[s], the evidence shows that, on October 12, 2010, Smith sold a television to Opoku-Afari. During the transaction, Smith noticed that Opoku-Afari seemed to have a lot of money, and he devised a plan to rob him. Later that day, Smith discussed his plan with Anthony Norris and ... Rhoden, who agreed to assist Smith with the robbery. Traveling together in Norris's truck, the three men located Opoku-Afari, and they followed him to his apartment in south Fulton County. But when the three men approached Opoku-Afari with guns, Rhoden apparently became afraid that the victim might "try to do something," and he shot the victim in the head before the robbery could take place. The men fled the scene....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rhoden v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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