Smith v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that recantation testimony was cumulative to the evidence introduced at trial because both court and counsel were aware that prior to trial the recanting witness had confessed to the crime and said that defendant was not involved
• at defendant's trial for capital murder, his accomplice testified on cross-examination that he was to receive a life sentence and would be eligible for parole in 25 years
• \The appropriate first step for a defendant seeking a new trial on the basis of new evidence ... is a petition to the appellate court for leave to file a petition for error coram nobis.\ (Emphasis added.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

51 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Knight
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1992-06-03· cited 213×
• Kelley v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-04-10· cited 98×
• Lynch v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-01-30· cited 62×
• Dennis Wayne Smith v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary of Florida Department of Offender Rehabilitation
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-08-23· cited 61×
• State v. Herrera
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1995-10-17· cited 61×
• Archer v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-06-29· cited 55×
• Richardson v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1989-06-29· cited 45×
• Armstrong v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-01-20· cited 35×
• Zeigler v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-06-21· cited 34×
• Demps v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-06-24· cited 34×
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-08-28· cited 31×
• Starks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-09-20· cited 28×
• Tafero v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1981-11-24· cited 19×
• Palmes v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-01-06· cited 19×
• Busch v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-12-13· cited 14×
• Francois v. Klein
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-01-27· cited 12×
• Romero v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-05-04· cited 12×
• Booker v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-04-19· cited 12×
• Dobbert v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-05-13· cited 8×
• Ragan v. Dugger
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-05-25· cited 6×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Kotteakos v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1946-06-10· cited 7,845×
• United States v. Agurs
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 6,537×
• Knight v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-02-24· cited 404×
• Witt v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1980-07-24· cited 342×
• Hallman v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-03-15· cited 137×
• Brown v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-01-15· cited 129×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1978-11-09· cited 58×
• Foster v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-05-28· cited 28×
• Hargrave v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1981-04-02· cited 21×
• LeDuc v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 3×