Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
November 2018
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Blakely v. Washington · Anglemyer v. State · Wooley v. State · Serino v. State · Ortiz 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“based on the gravity, nature and number of prior offenses as they relate to the current offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“inappropriate in light of the nature of the offense and the character of the offender.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fox v. State“due consideration of the trial court's decision”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pierce v. State
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.