Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
45
cited by 45 later decisions
1
states following
December 2024
most recently cited
45 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Ridley v. State · Lupoe v. State · Hudson v. State
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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The trial court having exercised its discretion as the thirteenth juror, and this Court having found the evidence was sufficient to support the verdict, we find no abuse of discretion in its denying the motion for new trial.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Morton v. State · Jordan v. State“A motion for new trial on these grounds, however, is not properly addressed to this Court as such a decision is one that is solely within the discretion of the trial court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Morton v. State“Deficient performance is not shown by counsel's failure to raise a meritless objection.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Evans 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.