Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We fail to see in what manner the State sought to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant received bets and offers to bet by an individual, without adducing facts which described how the receipt took place. Appellant’s motion to quash entitled him to the allegation of facts sufficient to bar a subsequent prosecution for the same offense and sufficient to give him precise notice of the offense with which he was charged. Jef-fers, supra at 188.””

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

2. “the conviction is based on a statute which is unconstitutionally vague.” In his second and third points of error appellant claimed the court erred in overruling his motion to quash the indictment was based on an unconstitutional statute, and erred in overruling his motion to set aside the indictment because of its failure to plead and negate an”

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

3. ““intentionally and knowingly receive a bet and offer to bet by RICHARD L. BENTON on ... a [named] professional football game ....””

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