Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 1989
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 172 Tex. Crim. 7 - Gaskin v. State · McManus v. State · McCormick v. Texas · Thompson v. State · Thomas 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The test as to whether an improper argument constitutes reversible error is whether (1) it is manifestly improper, harmful or prejudicial, or (2) it is viola-tive of a statute, or (3) it injects a new and harmful fact into the case.... The harmful effect of an improper argument is generally cured by an instruction to disregard....””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Askew v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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