Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
2
states following
May 2025
most recently cited
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Malcolm v. State · Jones v. State · Hodo v. State · Nicely 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The party proffering the evidence must present sufficient evidence to make out a prima facie case that the proffered evidence is what it purports to be. Once that prima facie case is established, the evidence is admitted and the ultimate question of authenticity is decided by the jury.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[W]here a witness has not obtained a concrete plea deal from the State in exchange for his testimony, the accused may not bring out the potential penalties faced by the witness.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Flannigan v. State · Lucas v. State“[t]estimony of a witness with knowledge that a matter is what it is claimed to be[,]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.