733 So. 2d 793 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently June 2016 · most notably Brown v. State (2004), 877 So. 2d 1254 - Lynch v. State (2004)
38 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Abel · Lubbock Feed Lots, Inc. v. Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. · 665 So. 2d 852 - Eakes v. State · 606 So. 2d 1051 - Jones v. State · 697 So. 2d 1087 - Wilcher 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The scope of cross-examination, though ordinarily broad, is within the sound discretion of the trial court and the trial court possesses inherent power to limit cross-examination to relevant matters.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Williams v. State · Eason v. State“relating to a startling event or condition made while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by the event or condition.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.