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.

• “[t]he rationale for such a motion * * * is the possibility that with the passage of time, the defendant may find the sentencing justice ‘in a more sympathetic or receptive frame of mind’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Ballard
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1997-07-24· cited 25×
• State v. Mendoza
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2008-11-05· cited 21×
• State v. Dyer
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2011-03-22· cited 4×
• State v. Brian Mlyniec
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2013-11-05· cited 3×
• State v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1997-05-21· cited 2×
• State v. Gerald Lynch
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2013-01-10· cited 1×
• State v. Chhoy Hak
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2011-11-03· cited 1×
• State v. Luis Roman
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2025-06-11
• State v. Andrew McLean
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2025-07-02

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Tiernan
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-07-12· cited 38×
• State v. Byrnes
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1983-02-14· cited 34×
• State v. Giorgi
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1979-02-14· cited 25×
• State v. Brigham
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1995-11-01· cited 17×