People v. Dobson’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 63 Cal. 2d 740 - In Re Estrada · Rodriguez v. United States · 11 Cal. 4th 274 - Trope v. Katz · 54 Cal. 4th 314 - People v. Brown · 31 Cal. 4th 179 - People v. Floyd
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“section 1170.126 applies exclusively to certain 'persons presently serving an indeterminate term of imprisonment ....' (§ 1170.126, subd. (a), italics added.) Dobson is not presently serving any term of imprisonment whatsoever; he has been committed to a state hospital as an [insanity acquittee]. He falls outside the scope of section 1170.126's plain language.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. K.P.“by reason of a mental disease, defect, or disorder represents a substantial danger of physical harm to others.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. K.P.“rational relationship between the disparity of treatment and some legitimate governmental purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.