Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
1
states following
July 2014
most recently cited
28 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Turner v. United States · Barnes v. United States · Hem v. United States · Haywood v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“Indeed, if a prosecutor could not make fair comment on the fact that the State's evidence of guilt was uncontroverted, what would be left for him to argue in a case where the defendant declined to testify?”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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