Smith v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
August 1987
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Dobbert v. Florida · Bouie v. City of Columbia · Beazell v. State of Ohio Chatfield · Roberts v. Louisiana
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(I)t is not a violation of the ex post facto provision for the individual to be sentenced to a penalty less harsh than the one that it appeared he would be subjected to, and was given notice of, at the moment of the crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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