Smith v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “during the trial [an identification witness’] credibility and powers of recollection were fully tested throughout lengthy direct and cross-examination” and therefore that the evidence, if believed, was strong
• considering an “ample opportunity to observe” plus previous accurate pretrial identifications and trial judge’s evaluation that the witness’ testimony had “a ring of truth to it”
• referring to defendants as “killers,” “warriors,” “gangsters” did not rise to level of substantial prejudice
• no prejudicial misconduct where prosecutor argued “that a guilty verdict would be a matter of achievement and courage”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Irick v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-10-05· cited 211×
• Christian v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-09-28· cited 150×
• Allen v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-02-28· cited 99×
• Nelson v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-12-30· cited 98×
• State v. Gabriel
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-03-13· cited 95×
• Dixon v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-10-18· cited 82×
• Powell v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1983-01-24· cited 76×
• Arnold v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1986-06-18· cited 73×
• Parks v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-09-14· cited 73×
• Montgomery v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-03-28· cited 70×
• Dyson v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1982-08-23· cited 70×
• Sherrod v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1984-06-06· cited 70×
• Singletary v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-02-24· cited 67×
• Robinson v. Sarisky
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1988-01-07· cited 60×
• Ali v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-01-26· cited 59×
• Villacres v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1976-05-11· cited 59×
• Williams v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-01-05· cited 57×
• Coreas v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-10-24· cited 56×
• Coates v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-05-12· cited 56×
• Mitchell v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-01-26· cited 55×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Melvin Telfaire
  D.C. Circuit· 1972-06-19· cited 477×
• Tyrone Gaither v. United States of America, Charles Tatum v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1969-04-24· cited 435×
• Walter Wynn, Jr. v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1967-11-16· cited 68×
• George E. Hill, Jr. v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1968-11-07· cited 44×
• Harold S. Cross v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1965-11-02· cited 42×
• Kenneth Jones v. United States of America, Willis Campbell, Jr. v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1964-10-15· cited 40×
• Allen v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1952-10-27· cited 38×
• Hall v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1948-12-20· cited 26×
• United States v. Goodman
  Seventh Circuit· 1940-02-15· cited 23×
• Garris v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1972-10-02· cited 16×