Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Anders v. California · Faris v. United States · State v. Patterson · Caprood 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[B]ecause the issue is whether the solicitor's improper argument prevented the jury from fairly considering [its sentencing options], the overwhelming evidence of petitioner's guilt does not eliminate the reasonable probability that the result of the trial would have been different had trial counsel objected to portions of the solicitor's closing argument.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smalls v. State“the solicitor's comments were confined to facts established during trial”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smalls v. State“there was also overwhelming evidence of Petitioner's guilt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smalls 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.