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845 So. 2d 937 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2003

Citation profile

6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
October 2017
most recently cited

6 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Coleman v. Alabama · 729 So. 2d 373 - MEMORIAL HOSPITAL-WEST v. News-Journal · 743 So. 2d 70 - Padgett v. State · Holifield v. State · 827 So. 2d 1086 - Jones 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “appears in the record, the trial court is obligated to appoint conflict-free counsel to represent the defendant”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “once it became clear that Smith and his attorney had taken adversarial positions concerning the advice Smith had received concerning his plea, Smith should have been afforded the opportunity to have the benefit of conflict-free counsel to present his position.”
    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.