Dorsey v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently July 2008 · most notably Williams v. State (1979), Lisenko v. State (1976)
50 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on ANTROBUS v. State · Bernard v. State · Johns v. State · Loveless v. State · AMARO v. State
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““There is no doubt that appellant, by failing to move for a continuance when the witnesses were called, failed to pursue his proper remedy.” (Emphasis added.) See also, Spears v. State (1970), 253 Ind. 364 , 254 N.E.2d 196 ; Dorsey v. State (1970), 254 Ind. 409 , 260 N.E.2d 800 ; and Fair v. State (1969), 252 Ind. 494 , 250 N.E.2d 744 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““A defendant in a criminal trial is entitled to be informed specifically of the crime or crimes with which he is charged so that he may be able to intelligently prepare a defense. (Cites omitted.) In determining whether an affidavit states the alleged offense with sufficient clarity the words of the affidavit must be construed in a manner in which they are commonly and ordinarily accepted.” Dorsey v. State, (1970) 254 Ind. 409, 412-13 , 260 N.E.2d 800, 802-03 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Erickson v. State““A defendant in a criminal trial is entitled to be informed specifically of the crime or crimes with which he is charged so that he may be able to intelligently prepare a defense.” Dorsey v. State, (1970) 254 Ind. 409, 412-13 , 260 N.E.2d 800, 802-3 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Williams v. State
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.