Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Moss v. State · Zink v. State · Anderson v. State · Middleton 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“specific acts or omissions of counsel that, in light of all the circumstances, fell outside the wide range of professional competent assistance,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Grado v. State“[S]trategic choices made after a thorough investigation of the law and facts relevant to plausible opinions are virtually unchallengeable[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Williams v. State“Trial strategy decisions may only serve as a basis for ineffective counsel if they are unreasonable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Grado 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.