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401 So. 2d 251 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1981

Citation profile

55
cited by 55 later decisions
1
states following
January 1995
most recently cited

54 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Oyler v. Boles · Daniels v. State · Seals v. State · 392 So. 2d 1274 - Watson v. State · 392 So. 2d 1280 - Sanders 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[A]ny error in proving prior convictions in excess of the number needed to invoke the Habitual Offender Act is error without injury, where the evidence of the unneeded prior convictions did not prejudice the defendant.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “[D]ue process of law is satisfied by `reasonable notice' with `an opportunity to be heard relative to the recidivist charge.'”
    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.