Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 2009
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wicks v. State · Johnson v. State · Smart 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The dissenting opinion asserts that the majority "evades the question...." There are clear and cogent reasons. The argument was not raised in the trial court, nor was it argued on appeal. Either omission, according to literally hundreds of our cases, many of which are authored by the dissenting justice, obviates our dealing with issues that are not presented. If we undertook to answer arguments that were raised neither here nor in the trial court, the process of appellate review should doubtless collapse under its own weight. Few principles of appeal and error are more widely followed or firmly entrenched than the rule that we do not address arguments not raised by the litigants.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Court: You’re telling me this is not your verdict? Juror: Yes, that’s my verdict. Court: This is your individual verdict? Juror: Um-hmm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Adams 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.