Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Fraternal Order of Police, Strawberry Lodge 40 v. Entrekin · 50 Ala. App. 465 - McNair v. State · 54 Ala. App. 482 - Botsford v. State · 50 Ala. App. 471 - Brown v. State · 55 Ala. App. 238 - Steward 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“". . . Even where there is credible testimony to the contrary, if the evidence is fairly capable of supporting the inference that the rules of freedom and voluntariness were observed, the ruling of the trial judge need only be supported by substantial evidence and not to a moral certainty. . . ."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Robbery and rape are two separate and distinct offenses and are completely unrelated. To successfully plead former jeopardy, the plea must allege that the offense charged in the two prosecutions is the same in law and fact. Shirley v. State, 35 Ala.App. 639 , 51 So.2d 702 ; Green v. State, 37 Ala.App. 610 , 73 So.2d 387 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wallace 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.