Smart v. Leeke’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Sandstrom v. Montana · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Engle v. Isaac
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.
“the killing of any person with malice aforethought, either express or implied.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smart v. Leeke · Smart v. Leeke“The defendant is entitled to any reasonable doubt arising in the whole case or in any defenses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smart v. Leeke
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.