Small v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
January 1996
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wilson v. Jones · Shannon v. State · 92 Tex. Crim. 215 - Childress v. State · 76 Tex. Crim. 386 - Marshall v. State · 146 Tex. Crim. 321 - Walker 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““We can scarcely conceive of a question which in and of itself could be more hurtful to an accused than one calling for an answer which would put in issue his general reputation.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith 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.