State v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming conviction for first degree murder where death resulted from a \sustained attack\ over a \prolonged period\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Fenner
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1986-01-17· cited 55×
• State v. Wheeler
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1985-07-29· cited 47×
• State v. Benevides
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1981-01-27· cited 20×
• State v. Marrapese
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1990-12-10· cited 10×
• State v. McAssey
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1981-07-22· cited 3×
• State v. Edwards, P1/99-4284a (2001)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2001-02-06
• State v. Andrew Mangru
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2025-07-15

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hankerson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 586×
• State v. McGehearty
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1978-12-05· cited 49×
• State v. Rose
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1973-11-13· cited 33×
• State v. Distante
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1977-07-05· cited 13×