State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
November 1989
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 5601
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Turner v. United States · Barnes v. United States · United States v. Gainey
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. even should an ‘explanation’ appear in the evidence, the existence of an explanation does not require an acquittal should the jury be justified in concluding beyond a reasonable doubt, in light of all the evidence and despite the explanation, that defendant is guilty. (Emphasis in original).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Salisbury · State v. Hall
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.