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.

• noting that concealed weapons are employed “most frequently by evil-disposed men who seek an advantage over their antagonists, in the disturbances and breaches of the peace which they are prone to provoke”
• \arms\ refers to those borne by a people in war, not those used by evil men
• up to one month for first offense, up to three months for second offense
• weapons “most frequently” in criminal hands

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• City of Seattle v. Montana
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-08-01· cited 85×
• State v. Amos
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1977-02-28· cited 50×
• George Young, Jr. v. State of Hawaii
  Ninth Circuit· 2021-03-24· cited 43×
• State v. Fluker
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1975-04-24· cited 19×
• State ex rel. J.M.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-01-28· cited 19×
• State v. Hall
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2025-05-08· cited 12×
• Sinnissippi Rod & Gun Club, Inc. v. Raoul
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2024-03-01· cited 11×
• State in Interest of Ogletree
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1971-02-08· cited 10×
• In Re Brown
  M.D. Louisiana· 1996-01-31· cited 6×
• State v. Christian
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2012-03-21· cited 4×
• Whether the Second Amendment Secures an Individual Right
  Office of Legal Counsel· 2004-08-24
• United States v. Jaquan Bridges
  Sixth Circuit· 2025-08-07
• Russell v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia· 2025-09-24