Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
68 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 72 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably MEDICAL MUTUAL LIABILITY INS. SOC. OF MARYLAND v. Evans (1993), Jefferson-El v. State (1993)
68 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Morrissey v. Brewer · Gagnon v. Scarpelli · Bearden v. Georgia · Black v. Romano · Scott 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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““a matter of grace which is in effect a bargain made by the people with the malefactor that he may be free as long as he conducts himself in a manner consonant with established communal standards and the safety of society.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[a] general condition of probation is permissible only `so long as it is contemplated that the court or its designee (usually the probation authority) will provide the probationer with reasonable, specific direction within the ambit of the initially expressed general condition, and such guidance is in fact given.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“I believe that there has been sufficient testimony here today to indicate that certain rules have been violated by you. Unfortunately, I think it might have been easier for the probation agent to testify as to what rules you had not violated rather than the long litany of those that you had.”
1 later decision 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.