Fernando Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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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.

1. “there was effectively a new sentencing hearing and an entirely new and complete judgment signed by the trial court rather than merely an order that suspended the sentence set out in the prior judgment and enunciated the conditions of community supervision.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith, Fernando

2. “Any complaint about the shock probation judgment will be the subject of an appeal about that judgment. But to complain about that judgment, a defendant must file a notice of appeal directed at the new judgment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith, Fernando

3. “a prematurely filed notice of appeal has been held to be one that is filed in the time period after the jury's verdict and before sentence is imposed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith, Fernando