Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
November 2016
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Ashe v. Swenson · Trop v. Dulles · Doerr v. Doerr
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he present standards of decency do not deem cruel and unusual the delay occasioned while a condemned prisoner pursues direct appeals and collateral relief.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ex parte Ruiz
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.