Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
June 1981
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Willcutt v. State · Murphy v. State · 52 Ala. App. 490 - Murphy v. State · 48 Ala. App. 600 - Lambert v. State · 50 Ala. App. 654 - Tolliver 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Intent to take life may be shown by inference, via the character of the assault, the use of a deadly weapon, and other attendant circumstances. . . . The jury may give to this evidence, as with all evidence, such emphasis and weight as they alone think proper in arriving at their verdict. . . . [Smith v. State, 344 So. 2d 213, 216 (Ala. Cr. App. 1977); citations omitted]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Thomas
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.