Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 1988
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sandefur v. State · Roulston v. State · Murray v. State · Hanf v. State · Curcie 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.
“Surely, the prosecutor was aware that [s]he was approaching a forbidden line and surely [s]he was aware of the consequences of erroneously crossing it. Criminal trials are had only at great expense to the State and to the participants, both in time and in money. The public is infuriated when “criminals are set free on a technicality.” Reversal of convictions because of bad faith errors by the prosecutor breeds discontent with the judicial system and disrespect for the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brison 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.