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← 797 SO2D 854 - Smith v. State

Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2001

Citation profile

25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
states following
December 2016
most recently cited

25 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Foster v. State · 671 So. 2d 581 - Walker v. State · Conner v. State · 585 So. 2d 660 - Willie v. State · 732 So. 2d 158 - Weatherspoon 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “It is axiomatic that a litigant is required to make a timely objection.”
    7 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “This Court found that the defense attorney had `time to attempt' to persuade the jury to acquit Smith of murder, but time was called before he could argue the lesser included offense of manslaughter.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “At trial, during closing argument by Smith's attorney, the bailiff prematurely called time before counsel could make his argument for the lesser offense of manslaughter.”
    1 later decision 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.