Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
January 2008
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 222 So. 2d 38 - MacHwart v. State · 576 So. 2d 1379 - Cooper 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An indigent defendant has the right to the assistance of counsel at every critical stage of the proceedings against him, including sentencing.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sandoval v. State · Searcy 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.