Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 1973
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Alvarez v. State · McTee v. State · 143 Tex. Crim. 382 - Flores v. State · 167 Tex. Crim. 91 - Flores v. State · 91 Tex. Crim. 13 - Archie 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"No person can be convicted of a felony except upon the verdict of a jury * * * unless in felony cases * * * the defendant, upon entering a plea (of not guilty), has in open court in person waived his right of a trial by jury in writing; provided, however, that it shall be necessary for the state to introduce evidence into the record showing the guilt of the defendant and said evidence shall be accepted by the court as the basis of its judgment and in no event shall a person charged be convicted upon his plea (of not guilty) without sufficient evidence to support the same (the plea of not guilty). The evidence (to support the plea of not guilty) may be stipulated if the defendant * * *."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rodriguez v. State“No person can be convicted of a felony except upon the verdict of a jury duly rendered and recorded,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rodriguez v. State
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.