Smith v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
July 1980
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“neither knowledge of, nor reason to know of, his attorney's untimely filing of the notice of appeal, and that as a result, his second motion to vacate should not have been overruled without an evidentiary hearing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. White v. Sowders“(f)inal disposition of the motion shall conclude all issues that could reasonably have been presented in the same proceeding.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. White v. Sowders“(a)ll grounds for holding the sentence invalid of which the movant has knowledge”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. White v. Sowders
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