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← 387 S.C. 619 - State v. Smith

State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

2010

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 2012
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Wilson · State v. Kelsey · State v. Crowe · State v. Lytchfield · State v. Motley

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

  1. “When a motion for a continuance is based upon the contention that counsel for the defendant has not had time to prepare his case its denial by the trial court has rarely been disturbed on appeal. It is axiomatic that determination of such motions must depend upon the particular facts and circumstances of each case.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.