State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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. “The argument shall be confined to evidence admitted, to the lack of evidence, to conclusions of fact that the state or defendant may draw therefrom, and to the law applicable to the case. The argument shall not appeal to prejudice. The state's rebuttal shall be confined to answering the argument of the defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 900 So. 2d 26 - State v. Glenn

2. “'When a case involves circumstantial evidence, and the jury reasonably rejects the hypothesis of innocence presented by the defendant's own testimony, that hypothesis falls, and the defendant is guilty unless there is another hypothesis which raises a reasonable doubt.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 900 So. 2d 26 - State v. Glenn

3. “(1) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm; or . . . . (2)(b) When the offender is engaged in the perpetration of cruelty to juveniles, even though he has no intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 900 So. 2d 26 - State v. Glenn