Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 state decisions

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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the defendant is free to relinquish that right if he or she so chooses. “The right is waived if the defendant personally waives it in court; if counsel waives it at the defendant’s express direction; if counsel waives it in open court while the defendant is present; or if counsel waives it and the defendant subsequently acquiesces in the waiver.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Murphy v. State

2. “proceedings at which the jury composition is selected or changed are critical stages at which the defendant is entitled to be present.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 Ga. App. 831 - JOHNSON v. the STATE.

3. “of a different result, which, the United States Supreme Court has explained, is”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 348 Ga. App. 113 - CROMER v. the STATE.