Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
March 2006
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Faretta v. California · 430 So. 2d 448 - Smith v. State · 420 So. 2d 908 - Keene v. State · 415 So. 2d 874 - Drago v. State · 450 So. 2d 925 - DiBartolomeo 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.
“the potential sentence he might face if found guilty”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the pitfalls of acting as his own lawyer”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.