Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
January 1978
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Byrd v. State · 28 Ala. App. 273 - Welch v. State · Armor v. State · Sexton v. State · Murphy v. George Brown & Co.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court charges the jury that proof of good character, if proved to your reasonable satisfaction, may be sufficient to authorize you to acquit the defendant when taken in connection with all the other testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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