Ex Parte Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
September 1988
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Bruton v. United States · Pointer v. Texas · Harrington v. California · Barber v. Page
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Thus, unless there is a reasonable possibility that the improperly admitted evidence contributed to the conviction, reversal is not required.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Evans v. State
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.