State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
34
cited by 34 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
October 2011
most recently cited
32 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Griffin v. California · Anderson v. United States · North Star Steel Co. v. Thomas · Nebraska v. Wyoming
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n a criminal case every circumstance calculated to throw any light upon the supposed crime is admissible and permissible.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“When ruling on a motion to dismiss, the trial court must determine whether the prosecution has presented substantial evidence of each essential element of the crime. Substantial evidence is that amount of relevant evidence that a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion. In making its decision, the trial court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the State.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“'to an examination of whether the argument was so grossly improper that the trial [court] abused [its] discretion in failing to intervene ex mero motu. '”
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.