Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) The reviewing court will not revise a sentence authorized by statute except where such sentence is manifestly unreasonable in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender. (2) A sentence is not manifestly unreasonable unless no reasonable person could find such sentence appropriate to the particular offense and offender for wMch such sentence was imposed.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lewis v. State · Ross v. State

2. “an accused must be aware of the probable consequences of his act, but ... not every misapprehension concerning the extent and nature of the criminal liability to which a confession may expose the accused vitiates the voluntariness of the confession.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tingle v. State

3. “[tlhe trial court was well within its discretion to find this factor standing alone insufficient to render the confession involuntary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tingle v. State