507 So. 2d 579 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 2007
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bowles v. State · Sweatt v. State · McGullion v. State · 49 Ala. App. 248 - Newsome v. State · 475 So. 2d 588 - Marsden 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`Even arraignment and plea can be waived by a defendant's failure to object to the lack thereof until after the jury has returned a verdict.'”
4 later decisions 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.