Smith v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
February 2006
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Spencer v. State of Texas a Bell · Boulder v. Commonwealth · Eary v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Grimes · Carver v. Commonwealth
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.
“[t]he question of whether bifurcated jury trials are required ... is a matter of public policy which addresses itself to the General Assembly of Kentucky.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Byrd v. Wilson
How this case has been treated — in progress
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