407 So. 2d 652 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently November 2010 · most notably 424 So. 2d 1009 - State v. Quebedeaux (1982), 441 So. 2d 719 - State v. Soco (1983)
34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · State v. Sepulvado · United States v. Grayson · 384 So. 2d 355 - State v. Bonanno
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the fact that defendant did not accept a plea bargain is not a factor listed in La.C.Cr.P. art. 894.1, nor is the judge's opinion of the witness' credibility. These are not facts that can form part of the basis for a sentence under the statute.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“the imposition of a sentence although within the statutory limits may violate a defendant's constitutional right against excessive punishment that is enforceable ... on appellate review of his conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Piazza“questioning initiated by law enforcement officers”
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.