State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 240th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Montgomery v. State · Kelly v. State · State v. Kelly · Weatherred 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“scent lineup” field was a legitimate area of expertise, but holding that the State failed to carry its burden in establishing the reliability and relevancy of the deputy’s testimony;”
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.