State v. Dotson’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
323 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 323 later decisions — most recently September 2017 · most notably 277 So. 2d 126 - State v. Prieur (1973), 360 So. 2d 500 - State v. Drew (1978)
323 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 Roviaro v. United States · Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Dutton v. Evans · Turner v. Louisiana · Scher v. United States
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 323 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To admit demonstrative evidence at a trial, the law requires that the object be identified. The identification can be visual, that is, by testimony at the trial that the object exhibited is the one related to the case. It can also be identified by chain of custody, that is, by establishing the custody of the object from the time it was seized to the time it is offered in evidence.”
32 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Lemoine · State v. McGhee“Although no fixed rule exists, the court-ordered disclosures relate to instances in which the prosecution’s case shows that the informer, cooperating with the police, participated in the crime. When the prosecution’s case shows that the informer participated in the crime, the informer’s identity should be disclosed to the defendant. In such cases, the informer does more than furnish a tip that enables the police to make an arrest. While working with the police, he takes part in the alleged transaction itself.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`The informer privilege is the privilege of withholding the identity of an informant who supplies information to law enforcement officials concerning crime. The privilege is founded upon public policy and seeks to advance the public interest in effective law enforcement. * * *”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Helmke · State v. Bailey
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.