Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
April 2025
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. State · Harris v. State · Hagan v. State · Thomas v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[A]n extraordinary motion for new trial is not a remedy available to [Patterson] because [he] pled guilty. Construing [Patterson's] pleading as a motion to withdraw [his] guilty plea or a motion in arrest of judgment is equally ineffectual because both sorts of motions must be filed within the same term of court at which the guilty plea or judgment being challenged was entered. ... [Additionally, Patterson's motion] cannot be construed as a habeas corpus petition[ ] [because it was] filed in the county in which [Patterson] was convicted rather than the county in which [he] is incarcerated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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