State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently November 2006
12 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 408 So. 2d 1255 - State v. Dewey · 419 So. 2d 939 - State v. Stucke · 338 So. 2d 672 - State v. Williams · 406 So. 2d 213 - State v. Boowell · State v. Conley
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Likewise, defendant’s contention that this witness’ lack of a college or an advanced degree should bar his qualification is without merit. The Louisiana expert testimony statute follows the commentators in recognizing that not only special training but also experience can qualify an individual as an expert on certain matters. State v. Short, 368 So.2d 1078 (La.1979).” 448 So.2d at 781 . (emphasis in original).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““There is no rule of law, statutory or jurisprudential, which requires that different standards be placed on those witnesses who seek to be qualified as an expert in a field for the first time. Rather, the same standard of competency applies to all and a trial judge is only required to satisfy himself that the witness’ competency has been established prior to qualifying him as an expert....””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“not more than twenty-five thousand dollars”
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.