Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 7 state decisions

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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"An objection to alleged errors committed during the trial must be made in apt time, so as to allow the trial court to rule upon the objection before action is taken. It is too late to complain after the trial is ended."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Borden v. State · Lester v. State

2. ““ * * * the Information charges Robbery with Firearms while the proof showed the ‘gun’ which the prosecuting witness saw in the hands of the defendant was in reality a toy pistol, incapable of firing a bullet. Defense counsel cited no cases in which this Court has ever held necessary the fact that a particular ‘gun’ involved in a robbery would actually shoot.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coleman v. State

3. ““To constitute robbery the taking is accomplished either by force or by putting in fear. The violence of intimidation in robbery must precede or be contemporaneous with the taking of the property. The violence must be actual, personal violence, but the degree of force used is immaterial * * * “If putting in fear is proved, the offense is robbery.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. White v. State