State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
June 2022
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Roe, Warden v. Flores-Ortega · State v. Ortiz · Edgar C. Worts v. A. L. Dutton, Warden, Georgia State Prison · State v. Patton
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the fact that the defendant waited all these years and said absolutely nothing, did absolutely nothing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Smith“A witness' credibility is a determination for the district court to make.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Smith“'said he eventually gave up because he "was in limbo”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Smith
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.