Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently November 2018 · most notably Bowers v. State (1990), Harrison v. State (1995)
39 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Gregg v. Georgia · Eddings v. Oklahoma · Penry v. Lynaugh · Hagemann v. American Savings & Loan Ass'n
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In the absence of any evidence of mitigating circumstances, which as discussed above may include virtually anything favorable to the accused, or of evidence to rebut the existence of the charged aggravating factors, a death sentence is a foregone conclusion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Burris v. State · Matheney v. State“Because of their inherent unreliability combined with their likelihood of unduly influencing a jury's decision, references by witnesses or counsel to polygraph test results are inadmissible absent waiver or stipulation of the parties. Pavone v. State (1980), 278 Ind. 162 , 402 N.E.2d 976 . Motions in limine are appropriate with respect to such references. Id. Where a trial hinges on a question of credibility, it is reversible error to deny a motion for mistrial after a damaging reference to polygraph results. Baker v. State (1987), Ind., 506 N.E.2d 817 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Tyra v. State“A decision by defense counsel not to present evidence can be deemed reasonable only if it is 'predicated on a proper investigation of the alleged defense.'”
1 later decision 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.